underrating
Discounting someone's worth
Underrating is the act of rating something too low—failing to recognize its true value or quality.
The word implies a gap between perception and reality: The team's underrating of their opponent cost them the game.
It's the noun form of underrate, describing the process or instance of underestimation.
Insufficiently recognizing merit
- devaluingReducing something's worth
- discountingReducing prices offered
- minimizingReducing to smallest extent
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
downplaying · depreciating · deflating · underpricing · shortchanging · selling short
Expressing contempt or dismissiveness
- disparagingExpressing negative judgment
- denigratingCriticizing to damage reputation
- trivializingDiminishing perceived significance
- pooh-poohingCasually rejecting as unworthy
brushing off · shrugging off · writing off · disregarding · ignoring · neglecting · overlooking · snubbing
Figuring something incorrectly
- misestimatingCalculating or valuing incorrectly
- misgaugingEstimating inaccurately
- misreadingIncorrect interpretation of text
- misapprehendingGrasping something incorrectly
misjudging · underassessing · erring · misreckoning · poor judgment · misconstruing
underappreciating
Insufficiently recognizing merit
- devaluingReducing something's worth
- discountingReducing prices offered
- minimizingReducing to smallest extent
diminishing · downplaying · depreciating · deflating · underpricing · shortchanging · selling short
belittling
Expressing contempt or dismissiveness
- disparagingExpressing negative judgment
- denigratingCriticizing to damage reputation
- trivializingDiminishing perceived significance
pooh-poohing · brushing off · shrugging off · writing off · disregarding · ignoring · neglecting · overlooking · snubbing · spurning
miscalculating
Figuring something incorrectly
- misestimatingCalculating or valuing incorrectly
- misgaugingEstimating inaccurately
- misreadingIncorrect interpretation of text
misapprehending · misjudging · underassessing · erring · misreckoning · poor judgment · misconstruing
- downplayingminimizing, downplay, trivializing, belittling, soft-pedal
- Understatementlitotes, meiosis, downplay, minimizing, undersell
underratingoverrating
Valuing beyond merit
overestimating · overvaluing · overstating · exaggerating · inflating
underratingemphasizing
Giving special importance to
highlighting · spotlighting · accentuating · celebrating · touting
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