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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Public and communal resources can be easy to undervalue precisely because so much of their worth is ambient.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
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
People who ignore or undervalue prompting will remain trapped in the drudgery of manual operations, where data points must be located and assembled.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 25, 2026
At first unwilling, but afterwards consenting, she turned and said, 'Signor Guido, your renown might make me desirous of knowing you, but how will you undervalue me in my present situation.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
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
UMG’s board of directors assessed Pershing Square’s unsolicited offer and found that it “fundamentally and materially undervalues UMG and will not deliver superior value creation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 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
In his view, the market currently undervalues the drugmaker’s oncology portfolio.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
I think it undervalues gifts and fine achievement, and overvalues the commonplace virtues of mediocre men.
From An Englishman Looks at the World by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
While executives sometimes initiate share repurchases when they think the company’s stock is undervalued, that’s a flawed view of the corporate strategy, Colas said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
It had said the offer undervalued its fundamentals and was about half made up of WSP shares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Icahn jumped into that deal with other big investors and waged one of the most-heated deal fights in history, arguing the price was undervalued.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
That free-kick taking defender, the undervalued forward, out-of-position goal-getter or cheap keeper posting clean sheets.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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
“We think the market is significantly undervaluing earnings power and sustainability of this cycle,” Newman wrote.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
Tencent is Bernstein’s top long-term pick in the internet sector; analysts at the U.S. brokerage said the market is likely undervaluing the company’s potential to drive business improvement through AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
Now I am far indeed from undervaluing that mere knowledge of Scripture which is imparted to the population thus promiscuously.
From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by John Henry Newman
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