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underated

underated is the alternative spelling of underrated.

Meaning of underrated

Adjective

underrated (comparative more underrated, superlative most underrated)

  1. Not given enough recognition for its quality.
    • 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...2014 October 18, Paul Doyle, “Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter”, in The Guardian
    Antonyms:
    overrated

Forms of underated

comparativemore underated
superlativemost underated

Questions about underated

What is underated the alternative spelling of?
Underated is the alternative spelling of underrated.

Words near underated in the dictionary

  1. underassessments
  2. underassistant
  3. underassistants
  4. underassured
  5. underate
  6. underated
  7. underattainment
  8. underattend
  9. underattendance
  10. underattended
  11. underattending

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underated (page history and authors); underrated (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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