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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNDERVALUE

v.t. 1. To value, rate or estimate below the real worth.
2. To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth.
In comparison of the discharge of my duties, I undervalued all designs of authority.
3. To despise; to hold in mean estimation.
I write not this with the least intention to undervalue the other parts of poetry.

 

UNDERVALUE

n.Low rate or price; a price less than the real worth.

 

UNDERVALUED

pp. Estimated at less than the real worth; slighted; despised.

 

UNDERVALUER

n.One who esteems lightly.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNDERVALUE

UNDERVALUE Un `der *val "ue, v. t.

 

1. To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to depreciate.

 

2. To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth; to hold in mean estimation; to despise. In comparison of it I undervalued all ensigns of authority. Atterbury.I write not this with the least intention to undervalue the other parts of poetry. Dryden.

 

UNDERVALUE

UNDERVALUE Un `der *val "ue, n.

 

Defn: A low rate or price; a price less than the real worth; undervaluation. Milton.

 

UNDERVALUER

UNDERVALUER Un "der *val "u *er, n.

 

Defn: One who undervalues.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

undervalue

un der val ue |ˌəndərˈvalyo͞o ˌəndərˈvælju | verb ( undervalues, undervaluing, undervalued ) [ with obj. ] (often as adj. undervalued ) rate (something ) insufficiently highly; fail to appreciate: the skills of the housewife remain undervalued in society. underestimate the financial value of (something ): the company's assets were undervalued in its balance sheet. DERIVATIVES un der val u a tion |-ˌvalyo͞oˈāSHən |noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

undervalue

under |value |ʌndəˈvaljuː | verb ( undervalues, undervaluing, undervalued ) [ with obj. ] (often as adj. undervalued ) rate (something ) insufficiently highly; fail to appreciate: the skills of the housewife remain undervalued in society. underestimate the financial value of (something ): the company's assets were undervalued in its balance sheet. noun a price below the real value. DERIVATIVES undervaluation |-jʊˈeɪʃ (ə )n |noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

undervalue

undervalue verb I didn't mean to undervalue your contributions: underrate, underestimate, play down, understate, underemphasize, diminish, minimize, downgrade, reduce, brush aside, gloss over, trivialize, underprice; informal sell short.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

undervalue

undervalue verb the enthusiasm and initiative of youth was often undervalued by the older generation: underrate, set little store by, rate too low, think too little of, underestimate, not do justice to, do an injustice to, play down, understate, underemphasize, de-emphasize, diminish, minimize, downgrade, reduce, lessen, brush aside, gloss over, shrug off, trivialize; belittle, hold cheap; informal sell short; rare misprize, minify. ANTONYMS overrate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

undervalue

nder v lue 動詞 他動詞 …を低く評価する, 過小評価する ; 軽視する .n der val u tion 名詞