Undervalue

//ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈvælju// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An undervaluation; a price or rate below the actual worth.

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

Verb
  1. 1
    To underestimate, or assign too low a value to (something or someone); to have too little regard for. transitive

    "Near-synonyms: underrate, underappreciate, underween"

  2. 2
    lose in value wordnet
  3. 3
    esteem lightly wordnet
  4. 4
    assign too low a value to wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
depreciateundervaluationbelittlecheapendecrydeprecate

Example

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"It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations of the earth are in a conspiracy to undervalue them."

Etymology

From under- + value.

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