underrated

adjective

un·​der·​rat·​ed ˌən-dər-ˈrā-təd 

ˌən-də-

: rated or valued too low

an underrated movie/book

… Francis, surely the most underrated player in the league, led the improbable comeback.

—E. M. Swift

Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot, is a very underrated 1976 comedy-thriller about a phony psychic's accidental involvement with jewel thieves.

—Joe Leydon

Examples of underrated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Pick your poison TCU has been elite defensively just like South Carolina, but the Gamecocks will present the biggest challenge for the Horned Frogs’ underrated defense. —Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026

My own personal favorite among his many books is his biography of the great high Victorian statesman Lord Salisbury, underrated among Britain’s wittiest prime ministers. —David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026

Triple Play Outfitters owner Bryce Brandl said late-season dove hunting is an underrated experience. —Matt Wyatt, Houston Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2026

View gallery - 4 images Resembling something more like green grapes with thicker and darker skin, the kiwiberry may be one of the healthiest and most underrated fruits around. —New Atlas, 22 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1778, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for underrated

• abdicated
• abrogated
• acclimated
• activated
• actuated
• adumbrated
• advocated
• aggravated
• aggregated
• agitated
• allocated
• alternated