undervalue
Americanverb (used with object)
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undervalues,
present (3rd person singular)
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undervalued,
past participle, past
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undervaluing
present participle
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to value below the real worth; put too low a value on.
- Synonyms:
- depreciate, underestimate, underrate
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to have insufficient regard or esteem for; hold too low an opinion of.
verb
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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undervaluesimple
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undervaluessimple
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have undervaluedperfect
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has undervaluedperfect
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am undervaluingprogressive
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are undervaluingprogressive
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is undervaluingprogressive
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have been undervaluingperfect progressive
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has been undervaluingperfect progressive
Past
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undervaluedsimple
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had undervaluedperfect
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was undervaluingprogressive
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were undervaluingprogressive
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had been undervaluingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of undervalue
Example Sentences
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Others have credible turnaround plans or durable brand strength that investors may undervalue.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Some schools also could take a more conservative approach to valuation and intentionally undervalue their positions given that pre-IPO investors are often restricted from selling their shares for a period after a company goes public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Khan is alleged to have asked a private firm to undervalue the jewellery set, before purchasing it back at a significantly reduced price.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
Discovery board said that it considered the Paramount bid to undervalue the company and that it believed the financing for the offer was on shakier ground than what Netflix had put up.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 17, 2025
There is, to begin with, the Prussian army--a thing of great preponderance, which will weigh heavily in the balance, and the importance of which I do not undervalue for a moment.
From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar Meding
PayPal’s board is evaluating the bid but thinks it undervalues the company while new leadership attempts a turnaround, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Akzo said it is restricted from engaging with Nippon Paint due to its agreement with Axalta, but added that the proposal undervalues the business and reiterated its support for the Axalta deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Analyst Brett Knoblauch suggests the market undervalues CoreWeave.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Universal said the offer "fundamentally and materially undervalues" the business, which also runs Abbey Road Studios and owns labels such as EMI and Island Records.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
The one enjoys his muse, and the other his mistress, with a pleasure very little abated by the esteem of the world, and only undervalues their taste for not corresponding with his own.
From A journey from this world to the next — Volume 2 by Henry Fielding
For the legendary value investor, the island wasn’t a status symbol; it was an undervalued asset.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Rayo's ability to compete against wealthier clubs has repeatedly relied on identifying undervalued players and maximising their strengths, and Chavarria became another example of that model - joining for less than £2m.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Analysts and investors agree on one point: Mattel’s brands are being dramatically undervalued by public markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Viewed through one lens, the yen appears undervalued.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
‘It is a mithril-coat. Mithril! I have never seen or heard tell of one so fair. Is this the coat that Gandalf spoke of? Then he undervalued it. But it was well given!’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Doing so would relieve the court of diverting its other resources to these ethics matters or, worse, undervaluing them altogether.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
Strategists at HSBC’s private bank, in a mid-year outlook piece released Wednesday, said if anything the market still is undervaluing these stocks.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
He came away from those discussions believing that investors are undervaluing the degree to which AI has made memory, specifically the dynamic random access memory that is Micron’s bread and butter, “a more strategic asset.”
From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026
For American Hindus, Vance’s comment symbolized concerns about the erasure or undervaluing of non-Christian traditions.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2025
Let us beware of undervaluing the liberty we enjoy in this country of ours, as Englishmen.
From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by John Charles Ryle
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