as in unnoticed
not appreciated or valued enough
Her work is underappreciated by the critics. an underappreciated talent
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Recent Examples of underappreciated
Other researchers have revived 48,000-year-old viruses frozen in permafrost to examine the low but underappreciated risk of a disease outbreak unleashed by a long-dormant pathogen.
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
Is Chase really underappreciated, though?
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
An underappreciated aspect of the synergy, Tocco said, was the first iteration of the Kansas City Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League from 1981-91.
—Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2026
There had been talk for years about turning the underappreciated Tijuana River Estuary, part of which was used as a dumping ground, into something useful.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
Is Chase really underappreciated, though?
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
An underappreciated aspect of the synergy, Tocco said, was the first iteration of the Kansas City Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League from 1981-91.
—Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2026
There had been talk for years about turning the underappreciated Tijuana River Estuary, part of which was used as a dumping ground, into something useful.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underappreciated
unnoticed
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The site functions as a public service that allows the creator to stay mentally engaged while identifying trends and connections between stories that might otherwise go unnoticed by those too busy to consume multiple news sources.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
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The shift has not gone unnoticed by residents — and not all of them view it the same way.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Underappreciated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underappreciated. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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