Meanings
comparative more unappreciated · superlative most unappreciated
- Not deemed to have any value, valueless, worthless, not appreciated.
Leaving on another Northern Class 195, I head for a trip along one of the UK's most unappreciated scenic lines - the Cumbrian coast.
2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 56Synonyms: good-for-nothing, two-bit, misprised, unprized, bastardly, blown, cacky, chaffy
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot deemed to have any value, valueless, worthless, not appreciated.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot likely to be rewarded
adjectivehaving value that is not acknowledged
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishappreciated
- Englishunappreciated
From un- + appreciated.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German nicht wertgeschätzt, nicht geschätzt
- nicht wertgeschätztnot deemed to have any value
- nicht geschätztnot deemed to have any value
- wertlosnot deemed to have any value
Cite this entry
unappreciated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unappreciated
“unappreciated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unappreciated. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unappreciated,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unappreciated.
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