underpriced

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adjective

Having a relatively or abnormally low price.

Opposite
RareScrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiveunderpriced (comparative more underpriced, superlative most underpriced)

comparative more underpriced · superlative most underpriced

  1. Having a relatively or abnormally low price.

    Dauman, said the increase was justified because MTV Networks had been underpriced compared with other cable networks with fewer viewers.

    2009 January 2, Bill Carter, “Time Warner and Viacom Reach Agreement on Cable Shows”, in New York Times
  2. Underestimated.
    1 more example

    The case that Sunak is underpriced (though still unlikely) to remain prime minister is one I have made before. It rests on: the limited value of voting-intention polls this far out from an election, the competitiveness of his personal ratings with those of the Labour party leader, and the historic rarity of Britain turning decisively left when it isn’t in a good mood […]

    2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times

Synonyms & antonyms

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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. Englishpriced
  13. Englishunderpriced

From under- + priced.

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Translations

Finnish alihintainen
  • alihintainenhaving abnormally low price
Polish zaniżony, przeceniony
  • zaniżonyhaving abnormally low price
  • przecenionyhaving abnormally low price
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underpriced,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underpriced.

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