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underappreciative

underappreciative adjective: insufficiently appreciative; ungrateful.

Adjective

underappreciative (comparative more underappreciative, superlative most underappreciative)

  1. Insufficiently appreciative; ungrateful.

Forms of underappreciative

comparativemore underappreciative
superlativemost underappreciative

Origin of underappreciative

From under- + appreciative.

Questions about underappreciative

What does underappreciative mean?
Underappreciative means insufficiently appreciative; ungrateful.
What part of speech is underappreciative?
Underappreciative is an adjective.

Words near underappreciative in the dictionary

  1. underappreciate
  2. underappreciated
  3. underappreciates
  4. underappreciating
  5. underappreciation
  6. underappreciative
  7. underapproximate
  8. underapproximated
  9. underapproximates
  10. underapproximating
  11. underapproximation

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