UNDERRATE Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

underrate

verb

ˌən-dər-ˈrāt

Definition of underrate next

as in to underestimate

to place too low a value on it's perhaps the most underrated film of the last decade

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Recent Examples of underrate Institutions and citizens of such an order should neither overrate the risk nor underrate their own strength and potential to prevail. —

Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 Bates is such a force of nature in this flick that the near-Hitchcockian manner in which Reiner does the best directorial work of his career was underrated. —

Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025 Jackson was discounted, misunderstood, and underrated for most of those eight years, until his second- place finish in the Democratic primary in 1988 changed that. —

Abby Phillip, Time, 4 Dec. 2025 Compared with certified batteries, whose public safety risks may be overblown, the dangers of counterfeit batteries may be underrated. —

Andrew Moseman, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for underrate

Recent Examples of Synonyms for underrate

underestimate

Verb

His success suggests that mass audiences are capable of engaging with complexity, even when institutions have historically underestimated them.

— Dr. Carlos A Torre, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Do not underestimate the power window treatments have in shaping a room.

— Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 7 Feb. 2026