underrate

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌʌndɚˈreɪt/ UK /ˌʌndəˈreɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to assign too low a value or estimate to something

Critics tend to underrate quiet films that lack spectacle.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to assign too low a value... underestimate undervalue minimize belittle discount

Opposites

overrate overestimate overvalue exaggerate

Word family

Derived forms underratedunderrating

Related forms rate rating

Etymology

From under- ('too low') + rate, from Old French rate, from Medieval Latin rata ('fixed amount'), from Latin rata pars ('calculated part'), from reri ('to reckon').

under Old English rata Latin reri Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# underrate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˌʌndɚˈreɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌʌndəˈreɪt/

## Meanings
1. to assign too low a value or estimate to something

## Examples
- Critics tend to underrate quiet films that lack spectacle.

## Synonyms
- underestimate
- undervalue
- minimize
- belittle
- discount

## Antonyms
- overrate
- overestimate
- overvalue
- exaggerate

## Derived Forms
- underrated
- underrating

## Related Forms
- rate
- rating

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: under
- Root: rata
- Root: reri

## Etymology
From under- ('too low') + rate, from Old French rate, from Medieval Latin rata ('fixed amount'), from Latin rata pars ('calculated part'), from reri ('to reckon').

## AI Etymology
Underrate is from under- ('too low') + rate, from Old French rate, from Medieval Latin rata ('fixed amount'), from Latin rata pars ('calculated part'), from reri ('to reckon'). Important recorded forms include under (Old English), rata (Latin), and reri (Latin). Morphologically, the under- element contributes the sense of beneath, lower rank, concealment, or insufficiency, depending on the base it modifies. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers to assign too low a value or estimate to something. The wider family includes derived forms such as underrated and underrating and related words such as rate and rating.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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