Undervalue
[ʌndə'væljuː] or [,ʌndɚ'vælju]
Definition
(verb.) esteem lightly.
(verb.) assign too low a value to; 'Don't underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to depreciate.
(v. t.) To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth; to hold in mean estimation; to despise.
(n.) A low rate or price; a price less than the real worth; undervaluation.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Underrate, misprize, rate below the true value, rate too low.[2]. Despise, depreciate, esteem lightly, hold in low estimation.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ADVENTURE_and_BUSINESS]
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Definition
v.t. to value below the real worth: to esteem lightly.—n. a value or price under the real worth: low rate or price.—ns. Undervaluā′tion an undervaluing: rate below the worth; Underval′uer.
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Examples
- I do not wish to hurt you, nor to seem to undervalue the honour which you have done me, but the thing you desire may not be. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Don't undervalue your fighting powers, Maurice, said the Demarch, who overheard this remark; your tussle with Alcibiades was no light one. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Monsieur has seen me reading them a hundred times, and knows I have not so many recreations as to undervalue those he provides. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It is not likely that they undervalue a distinction such as this. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Ever since her womanhood almost, had she not been persecuted and undervalued? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There's something in what she says, though, said Caleb, not disposed to have Mary's sharpness undervalued. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mr. Lydgate, said Mrs. Farebrother, who could not let this pass, you don't know my son: he always undervalues himself. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I tell him he is undervaluing the God who made him, and made him a most excellent preacher. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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