underrated

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʌn.dɚˈɹeɪ.təd/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʌn.dəˈɹeɪ.tɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪtɪd

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér

Proto-Indo-European *h₂én

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi

?

Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí

Proto-Indo-European *-ér

Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér

Proto-Germanic *under

Proto-West Germanic *undar

Old English under-

Middle English under-

English under-

English rated

English underrated

From under- + rated.

Alternative forms

• underated

Adjective

underrated (comparative more underrated, superlative most underrated)

1. Not given enough recognition for its quality.

   Antonym: overrated

   • 2014 October 18, Paul Doyle, “Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 13 October 2026:

     Koeman identified Southampton’s third as their finest goal of the game. Jack Cork, the most underrated player at a much-lauded club, swept the ball out wide to Tadic, who waited for Cork to run to the back post before chipping the ball across to him to slam in a deserved goal from close range, despite an attempted block by Vito Mannone.

   • 2025 March 5, “Ayr miles with a 'Spirit of Scotland'”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 46:

     The hourly EMU service means that Largs, arguably an underrated seaside destination, is easy enough to reach from Glasgow for a day out.

Derived terms

• underratedly
• underratedness

Translations

not given enough recognition

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 被低估 (zh) (bèi dīgū)

• Dutch: ondergewaardeerd (nl)
• Finnish: aliarvostettu
• French: sous-estimé (fr), mésestimé (fr), trop peu connu
• German: unterschätzt (de)
• Greek: υποτιμημένος (el) (ypotimiménos)
• Indonesian: diremehkan, kurang dihargai, kurang dilirik (literally “less ogled”)
• Italian: sottovalutato (it)
• Japanese: 過小評価された (ja) (かしょうひょうかされた, kashōhyōka sareta)
• Korean: 낮게 평가하는 (natge pyeonggahaneun)
• Latin: subestimatus
• Polish: niedoceniony, niedoceniany
• Portuguese: subestimado, subvalorizado
• Romanian: subestimat
• Russian: недооце́ненный (ru) (nedoocénennyj)
• Spanish: subestimado (es), subvalorado, infravalorado (es), minusvalorado (es)
• Swedish: undervärderad (sv)
• Turkish: kadri bilinmemiş

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér

Proto-Indo-European *h₂én

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi

?

Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí

Proto-Indo-European *-ér

Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér

Proto-Germanic *under

Proto-West Germanic *undar

Old English under-

Middle English under-

English under-

English rate

English underrate

English -ed

English underrated

From underrate + -ed.

Verb

underrated

1. simple past and past participle of underrate

Anagrams

• unretarded