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underappreciate

underappreciate verb: to not hold in sufficiently high esteem.

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.
    • Yet the beauty of Galahs is still often underappreciated.2024, Russell McGregor, Enchantment by Birds, Melbourne: Scribe, page 16
  2. (intransitive) To not gain in value sufficiently.

Forms of underappreciate

third-person singular presentunderappreciates
present participleunderappreciating
past participleunderappreciated
pastunderappreciated

Origin of underappreciate

From under- + appreciate.

Questions about underappreciate

What does underappreciate mean?
Underappreciate means to not hold in sufficiently high esteem.
What part of speech is underappreciate?
Underappreciate is a verb.
What is the past tense of underappreciate?
The past tense of underappreciate is underappreciated.

Words near underappreciate in the dictionary

  1. underappraisals
  2. underappraise
  3. underappraised
  4. underappraises
  5. underappraising
  6. underappreciate
  7. underappreciated
  8. underappreciates
  9. underappreciating
  10. underappreciation
  11. underappreciative

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