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underprized

underprized is the simple past and past participle of underprize.

Meaning of underprize

Verb

underprize (third-person singular simple present underprizes, present participle underprizing, simple past and past participle underprized)

  1. (transitive) To undervalue; to underestimate.
    • […] Yet look, how far / The substance of my praise doth wrong this shadow / In underprizing it, so far this shadow / Doth limp behind the substance.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about underprized

What is underprized the simple past and past participle of?
Underprized is the simple past and past participle of underprize.

Words near underprized in the dictionary

  1. underprioritizing
  2. underprivilege
  3. underprivileged
  4. underprivilegedness
  5. underprize
  6. underprized
  7. underprizes
  8. underprizing
  9. underprocess
  10. underprocessed
  11. underprocesses

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