underappreciate

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ appreciate.

Pronunciation

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Verb

underappreciate (third-person singular simple present underappreciates, present participle underappreciating, simple past and past participle underappreciated)

1. (transitive) To not hold in sufficiently high esteem.
   • 2024, Russell McGregor, Enchantment by Birds, Melbourne: Scribe, page 16:

     Yet the beauty of Galahs is still often underappreciated.

2. (intransitive) To not gain in value sufficiently.

Translations

to not hold in sufficiently high esteem

• Finnish: aliarvostaa (fi)
• German: nicht angemessen würdigen, nicht genügend schätzen, unzureichend wertschätzen, unzureichend anerkennen, unterschätzen (de)
• Hungarian: alulértékelni

to not hold gain in value sufficiently