underrate

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verb

To underestimate; to make too low a rate or estimate.

“to sell a thing at an underrate”

Similar
underapproximateunderstatemisunderestimatesell shortunderestimateunderguessunderjudgeunderreckon
Opposite
overrateoverapproximateoverestimateoverholdoverreckon
OriginEnglish rate ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
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Meanings

verbunderrate (third-person singular simple present underrates, present participle underrating, simple past and past participle underrated)

present singular third person underrates · participle present underrating · participle past underrated · past underrated

  1. transitiveTo underestimate; to make too low a rate or estimate.

    Synonyms: underapproximate, understate, misunderestimate, sell short, underapproximate, underestimate, underguess, underjudge · Antonyms: overrate, overapproximate, overestimate, overhold, overrate, overreckon, overstate, overthink

noununderrate (plural underrates)

plural underrates

  1. A price that is less than the value.

    to sell a thing at an underrate

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo underestimate; to make too low a rate or estimate.

Similar
underapproximateunderstatemisunderestimatesell shortunderapproximateunderestimateunderguessunderjudgeunderreckonunderstate
Opposite
overrateoverapproximateoverestimateoverholdoverrateoverreckonoverstateoverthink

More synonyms by meaning

verbmake too low an estimate of

Similar
underestimate
Broader
misjudge
Also see
misunderestimatesell shortunderapproximateunderestimateunderguessunderjudgeunderreckonunderstateundervalue

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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. Englishrate
  13. Englishunderrate

From under- + rate.

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Translations

Bulgarian подценявам
  • подценявам (podcenjavam)to underestimate
Chinese Mandarin 低估
  • 低估 (dīgū)to underestimate
Finnish aliarvioida, alihinta
  • aliarvioidato underestimate
  • alihintaprice less than value
French sous-estimer
  • sous-estimerto underestimate
German unterschätzen
  • unterschätzento underestimate
Hungarian alábecsül
  • alábecsülto underestimate
Japanese 過小評価する
  • 過小評価する (kashōhyōka suru)to underestimate
Lithuanian nepakankamai įvertinti
  • nepakankamai įvertintito underestimate
Polish zaniżać, zaniżyć
  • zaniżaćto underestimate
  • zaniżyćto underestimate
  • nie doszacowywaćto underestimate
  • nie doszacowaćto underestimate
  • nie doceniaćto underestimate
  • nie docenićto underestimate
  • przecenaprice less than value
Russian недооце́нивать, недооцени́ть
  • недооце́нивать (nedoocénivatʹ)to underestimate
  • недооцени́ть (nedoocenítʹ)to underestimate
Spanish subestimar
  • subestimarto underestimate
Swedish underskatta
  • underskattato underestimate

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

underrate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underrate

MLA

“underrate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underrate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underrate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underrate.

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