underappreciated

[uhn-der-uh-pree-shee-ey-tid]

adjective

1. not sufficiently valued or recognized.

   Knowing how to grow your own food is an underappreciated but incredibly important skill.

   I really think the seriousness of this problem is underappreciated.

Word History and Origins

Origin of underappreciated¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; under- ( def. ) + appreciated ( def. )

Example Sentences

Those regulations are an underappreciated aspect of Obamacare, requiring all insurance companies to actually cover health care and not discriminate.

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"He is underappreciated," added Rooney.

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Thanks in part to her premature departure, Riperton remains curiously underappreciated in the broader culture, according to Wonder and others, who say the singer with the so-called whistle register has yet to receive her due.

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Holland, on the heels of his stellar turn in the underappreciated character study “Exhibiting Forgiveness,” can make you forget how little we know of Roger’s background, so magnetic is his prickly, awkward emotional confusion.

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Appreciating Jackson’s role at Nuremberg highlights an important and underappreciated problem in the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision.

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