undervalue
verb (used with object)
were undervaluing
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past progressiveof undervalue.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The Cubs tried to portray the Red Sox as being obstructionists, while the Red Sox sniffed that the Cubs were undervaluing the trade value of Epstein.
From Chicago Tribune ● Oct. 21, 2011
The retirees claimed that Polaroid executives were undervaluing the business so the company could ignore its obligations to retirees and sell out to private investors.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Webster felt that a generation had been born who were undervaluing their inheritance, and who might, by temerity, destroy it.
From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by James Gillespie Blaine
If you were ever afraid of that, it was only because you were undervaluing yourself.
From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Hugh Lundsford
"Of course," Conny admitted in the same slightly injured tone, as if he were undervaluing her character.
From Together by Robert Herrick
