How to Use underappreciated in a Sentence

underappreciated

adjective
  • Her work is underappreciated by the critics.
  • If the goal was to give underappreciated artists their due, the setup didn’t quite work.
    Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2022
  • An underappreciated way to get a luxe look in your bathroom is to change the lighting—both the fixtures themselves and the placement.
    Sarah Egge, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The only Washington team to win a Super Bowl in a non-strike season, this underappreciated band would have gone all the way in most years.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Haendiges said that the white flag alerts are more common in the winter but the dangers heat present to the unsheltered is underappreciated.
    Thomas Birmingham, The Courier-Journal, 13 June 2022
  • Betty Davis, the cult funk singer and ex-wife of jazz legend Miles Davis who left an underappreciated yet trailblazing body of work, died Wednesday at the age of 77.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The only Washington team to win a Super Bowl in a non-strike season, these underappreciated (former name) would have gone all the way in most years.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2022
  • His most underappreciated effort was based on an idea Eddie Murphy had for a satire about puppets in the projects.
    Bethonie Butler, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
  • For many, in other words, a torch song written from the POV of an underappreciated grown-man doll has become the unlikely anthem of the summer.
    Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • While a pandemic unleashed by a disease from the distant past sounds like the plot of a sci-fi movie, scientists warn that the risks, though low, are underappreciated.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 8 Mar. 2023
  • In a place as car-centric as Los Angeles, the 9,000-plus miles of sidewalk spread through the city are often overlooked and underappreciated.
    Marissa Gluck, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Defense is perhaps one of the most underappreciated parts of a catcher’s game.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 7 June 2022
  • Thompson: For me, Superstore remains one of the most underappreciated TV comedies of the last 10 or 15 years.
    Simon Thompson, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • As a runner, Tanner is underappreciated but at the same time Caleb is special there.
    Tim Bielik, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022
  • On Wednesday, Bateman caught a 65-yard touchdown pass and showed off his speed, perhaps an underappreciated part of his game.
    Matt Cohen, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2022
  • Becoming part of the divestment movement and greening your 401(k) is a quick and underappreciated way to do that.
    Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2023
  • With this in mind, Hunter feels Williams' hard work is going underappreciated.
    Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com, 17 June 2022
  • Leonsis, 67, said that in the end his decision did not hinge on crime, noise or feeling underappreciated.
    Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Their work was, at best, underappreciated, and, at worst, blamed for broader problems.
    Azma Hasina Mulundika, STAT, 20 Mar. 2022
  • While the younger cousins frolic in what’s one big rural playground for them, Quimet’s underappreciated wife, Dolors (Anna Otín), puts on a brave face running the household.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Celebrities like Chrissy Teigen use this self-care hack frequently as a way to rejuvenate the place on your face that is over-talked and underappreciated.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2023
  • While a pandemic unleashed by a disease from the distant past sounds like the plot of a sci-fi movie, scientists warn that the risks from these zombie viruses, though low, are underappreciated.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 11 Mar. 2023
  • This is the latest hit to creators by Meta, a platform many creators feel has underpaid and underappreciated them.
    Byalexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2023
  • An underappreciated way to do that is with a larger rotor.
    Outside Online, 27 May 2022
  • That comes with the territory of being the person making sure Netflix is a seamless product, one of the most underappreciated aspects of the streaming wars.
    Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Swap Out Lighting An underappreciated bathroom decorating idea that adds a luxe look is to change the lighting—both the fixtures and placement.
    Sarah Egge, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Paul Matthews is an underappreciated (in his view) academic who has a pretty good life.
    Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
  • These underappreciated plants are not bad to look at, either.
    Michael Snyder Pedro Kok, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • In particular, the study points to one of the most underappreciated joints in the human body, the union between the navicular and medial cuneiform, which is crucial to the recoil.
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2023
  • By turns joyous and contemplative, the 90-minute show remembers the icons and the underappreciated.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2023

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