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underprizing

underprizing is the present participle and gerund 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 underprizing

What is underprizing the present participle and gerund of?
Underprizing is the present participle and gerund of underprize.

Words near underprizing in the dictionary

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

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