Undervalue

/ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈvælju/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To underestimate, or assign too low a value to (something or someone); to have too little regard for..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To underestimate, or assign too low a value to (something or someone); to have too little regard for.
2. An undervaluation; a price or rate below the actual worth.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: underrate, underappreciate, underween

I write not this with the leaſt intention to undervalue the other parts of Poetry: for Comedy is both excellently inſtructive, and extreamly pleaſant: […]

[…] I undervalu'd all the Enſigns of Authority which belong'd to me, all the Pomp and Splendor of Life which^([sic – meaning with]) which I was ſurrounded.

[…] he must therefore prove that the contract was not at such an undervalue as would amount to fraud […]

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Word Forms

• undervalues
• undervaluing
• undervalued

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