underrate
verb (used with object)
to rate or evaluate too low; underestimate.
had underrated
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past perfectof underrate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But the Crusaders showed up determined to prove that the experts had underrated them all season.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sophistication of the overall system made the Americans realize they had underrated the Soviets; they weren't even sure how the various electronic parts they had found worked together.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had underrated the importance of the Building Fund.
From Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
But they had underrated Khudur-Lagamar's vigilance and activity.
From Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria by Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna) Ragozin
But in the modesty of the non-commissioned officer Bruce had underrated his own prominence in Indian eyes.
From Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. by Charles King
