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underrated en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ʌn.dəˈɹeɪ.tɪd/ (UK)
  • /ʌn.dɚˈɹeɪ.təd/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English rated English underrated From under- + rated.

Meanings

  1. Not given enough recognition for its quality.
    • The hourly EMU service means that Largs, arguably an underrated seaside destination, is easy enough to reach from Glasgow for a day out. 2025 March 5, “Ayr miles with a 'Spirit of Scotland'”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 46:
    • Koeman identified Southampton’s third as their finest goal of the game. Jack Cork, the most underrated player at a much-lauded club, swept the ball out wide to Tadic, who waited for Cork to run to the back post before chipping the ball across to him to slam in a deserved goal from close range, despite an attempted block by Vito Mannone. 2014 October 18, Paul Doyle, “Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter”, in The Guardian:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more underrated Degree=Cmp lexicographic
underated alternative lexicographic
most underrated Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

overrated

Deriveds

underratedness · underratedly

Translations (27)

la subestimatus (not given enough recognition) · id diremehkan (not given enough recognition) · fr sous-estimé (not given enough recognition) · pt subestimado (not given enough recognition) · id kurang dilirik (not given enough recognition) · ko 낮게 평가하는 (not given enough recognition) · fr mésestimé (not given enough recognition) · es infravalorado (not given enough recognition) · ja 過小評価された (not given enough recognition) · it sottovalutato (not given enough recognition) · fr trop peu connu (not given enough recognition) · es minusvalorado (not given enough recognition) · de unterschätzt (not given enough recognition) · ru недооце́ненный (not given enough recognition) · fi aliarvostettu (not given enough recognition) · pt subvalorizado (not given enough recognition) · id kurang dihargai (not given enough recognition) · nl ondergewaardeerd (not given enough recognition) · el υποτιμημένος (not given enough recognition) · sv undervärderad (not given enough recognition) · tr kadri bilinmemiş (not given enough recognition) · pl niedoceniony (not given enough recognition) · cmn 被低估 (not given enough recognition) · pl niedoceniany (not given enough recognition) · es subestimado (not given enough recognition) · ro subestimat (not given enough recognition) · es subvalorado (not given enough recognition)

underrated en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ʌn.dəˈɹeɪ.tɪd/ (UK)
  • /ʌn.dɚˈɹeɪ.təd/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English rate English underrate English -ed English underrated From underrate + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of underrate
    form of underrate