underappreciated

American  

[uhn-der-uh-pree-shee-ey-tid] / ˌʌn dər əˈpri ʃiˌeɪ tɪd /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of underappreciated

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

Example Sentences

Taken together, the results point to a previously underappreciated gut-bone marrow-liver metastasis axis.

From Science Daily

It also has an underappreciated transmission business that controls roughly 40% of the national transmission network, much of it aging.

From Barron's

“I want big character changes. I want to see a progression. To be a character who doesn’t know where she’s going, doesn’t know what she wants to be, feels stuck, feels stalled, feels underappreciated — that’s nice for us to see onscreen. I like seeing women at their rawest and most vulnerable. It’s quite liberating to play.”

From Los Angeles Times

But it’s the fifth factor, a hiccup in the AI supply chain, that he suggests could be well underappreciated by markets.

From MarketWatch

Chun said the “biggest underappreciated risk in the market” right now is the “unprecedented convergence” of three long-running and winning themes for investors: AI, bitcoin and private credit.

From MarketWatch