underappreciate

U1N1D2E1R1A1P3P3R1E1C3I1A1T1E1

verb

To not hold in sufficiently high esteem.

OriginEnglish appreciate ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
Scrabble 22
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbunderappreciate (third-person singular simple present underappreciates, present participle underappreciating, simple past and past participle underappreciated)

present singular third person underappreciates · participle present underappreciating · participle past underappreciated · past underappreciated

  1. transitiveTo not hold in sufficiently high esteem.

    Yet the beauty of Galahs is still often underappreciated.

    2024, Russell McGregor, Enchantment by Birds, Melbourne: Scribe, page 16
  2. intransitiveTo not gain in value sufficiently.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
undervalue

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Englishappreciate
  13. Englishunderappreciate

From under- + appreciate.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Finnish aliarvostaa
  • aliarvostaato not hold in sufficiently high esteem
German nicht angemessen würdigen, nicht genügend schätzen
  • nicht angemessen würdigento not hold in sufficiently high esteem
  • nicht genügend schätzento not hold in sufficiently high esteem
  • unzureichend wertschätzento not hold in sufficiently high esteem
  • unzureichend anerkennento not hold in sufficiently high esteem
  • unterschätzento not hold in sufficiently high esteem
Hungarian alulértékelni
  • alulértékelnito not hold in sufficiently high esteem
Polish nie doceniać, nie doceniać
  • nie doceniaćto not hold in sufficiently high esteem
  • nie doceniaćto not hold in sufficiently high esteem
  • być za nisko ocenionymto not hold gain in value sufficiently
Cite this entry
APA

underappreciate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underappreciate

MLA

“underappreciate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underappreciate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underappreciate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underappreciate.

Source: underappreciate on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.