underrateverb [ T ]
uk/ˌʌn.dəˈreɪt/us/ˌʌn.dɚˈreɪt/to fail to understand how skilful, important, etc. someone or something is:
The company has consistently underrated the importance of a well-trained workforce.
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Exaggerating & playing down
- alarmist
- blow sth out of proportion idiom
- drama queen
- dramatize
- exaggeration
- lard
- lay
- make a meal (out) of sth idiom
- make much of sth idiom
- make sth of sth
- meal
- over-egg the pudding idiom
- overboard
- overplay
- overstatement
- pad
- pudding
- stretch
- stretch the truth idiom
- understatement
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underrated
adjective uk/ˌʌn.dəˈreɪ.tɪd/us/ˌʌn.dɚˈreɪ.t̬ɪd/
In my opinion, fennel is an underrated vegetable.