underrate
verb (used with object)
to rate or evaluate too low; underestimate.
have underrated
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present perfectof underrate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But we believe that we have underrated, instead of overstated the facts of the case in these calculations.
From Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters by George Fitzhugh
My present impression is that I have underrated this action in the "Origin."
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
I shall only add to what he sets down on the subject of his early academical studies, that in this, as in almost every case, he appears to have underrated his own attainments.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart
The writer points out that eastern ministers have often been unsuccessful and eastern immigrants unpopular, because they have underrated the people of the West, among whom there are many people of culture.
From The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 by Arthur Clinton Boggess
"I don't believe I have underrated the difficulties, any of them," said Ford, matching the attorney's gravity.
From Empire Builders by Jay Hambidge
