underrate
verb (used with object)
to rate or evaluate too low; underestimate.
underrates
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present tense formof underrate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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In general, I think this conversation underrates macroeconomic factors that could drive up the unemployment rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Whenever anybody asks me about Balanchine, I think of what Jack Nicholson said about Stanley Kubrick: “Everyone pretty much acknowledges him as The Man, and I still think that underrates him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
The description perhaps underrates her novel, but is a fitting epigraph for this play and its decorously debauched protagonist.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
Peterson finished with 16 yards on 11 carries, a line that obviously doesn’t stand out, but that somewhat underrates his contribution.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
No ambition should be entertained that does not embrace these fundamental duties and no career should be considered worthy that even underrates their sanctity.
From A Broader Mission for Liberal Education Baccalaureate Address, Delivered in Agricultural College Chapel, Sunday June 9, 1901 by John H. (John Henry) Worst
