underappreciated

adjective

un·​der·​ap·​pre·​ci·​at·​ed ˌən-dər-ə-ˈprē-shē-ˌā-təd 

: not duly appreciated

Examples of underappreciated in a Sentence

Her work is underappreciated by the critics.

Recent Examples on the Web

The bank said Cloudflare’s fundamentals are improving and the stock is an underappreciated play on artificial intelligence. —Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2025

Howie Rose — of Brooklyn, the Bronx and, as of 1962 (the year the Mets were born), Queens, that underappreciated mecca of immigrant New York. —Joshua Dubler, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025

New research has shown the extent to which cell metabolism — the chemical reactions within a cell that provide energy and materials for growth — has an important, underappreciated role in directing cell fates. —Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025

So do his two leads, the underappreciated Bill Skarsgård and the always welcome Anthony Hopkins. —Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for underappreciated

• polyunsaturated
• undifferentiated
• abated
• ablated
• awaited
• belated
• berated
• castrated
• chelated
• citrated
• collated
• conflated