underrate
underrate verb: to underestimate; to make too low a rate or estimate.
Verb
underrate (third-person singular simple present underrates, present participle underrating, simple past and past participle underrated)
- To underestimate; to make too low a rate or estimate.
- Synonyms:
- underapproximate, understate, misunderestimate, sell short, underestimate, underguess, underjudge, underreckon
- Antonyms:
- overrate, overapproximate, overestimate, overhold, overreckon, overstate, overthink
Noun
underrate (plural underrates)
underrate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
underrate in Tamil
- குறைத்த மதிப்பீடு, குறைத்து மதி
underrate in Urdu
- کم آنکنا, کم قیمت لگانا, کم شرح مقرر کرنا
underrate in Malayalam
- underestimate, undervalue, do an injustice to
- വില കുറച്ചുമതിക്കുക, താഴ്ത്തിപ്പറയുക, ന്യൂനനിർണ്ണയനം നടത്തുക, വിലകുറച്ചു നിരൂപിക്കുക, ന്യൂനമൂല്യം കല്പിക്കുക, വില കുറച്ചുകാണുക
underrate in Kannada
- ಕಡಿಮೆ ಬೆಲೆಕೊಡು, ಕಡಿಮೆ ಬೆಲೆಯಿಡು, ಮಹತ್ವವನ್ನು ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ತಿಳಿಯದಿರು, ಕಡಮೆ ಬೆಲೆ ಕಟ್ಟು
Synonyms of underrate
- underapproximate
- understate
- misunderestimate
- sell short
- underestimate
- underguess
- underjudge
- underreckon
Antonyms
Forms of underrate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | underrates |
| present participle | underrating |
| past participle | underrated |
| past | underrated |
| Noun | |
| plural | underrates |
Origin of underrate
From under- + rate.
Words formed from underrate
Questions about underrate
- What does underrate mean?
- Underrate means to underestimate; to make too low a rate or estimate.
- What is underrate in Tamil?
- Underrate in Tamil is குறைத்த மதிப்பீடு, குறைத்து மதி. See Underrate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is underrate?
- Underrate can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of underrate?
- The past tense of underrate is underrated.
Words near underrate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: underrate (page history and authors); underrate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underrate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underrate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); underrate (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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