How to Use underrate in a Sentence

underrate

verb
  • She underrated her student's ability.
  • Hill isn’t as fiery as Landry, and this isn’t to underrate Landry’s value to the Browns.
    Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 18 Apr. 2020
  • Don’t underrate the secret sorrow of life in the middle, though.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Get a Note from Home The power of a note from your parent or guardian is underrated.
    Talib Babb, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Some might be underrated in the Top 100 or were left out despite having great seasons on the field.
    Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 11 July 2023
  • But the market is still underrating Missouri because of a loss to Wyoming that was a total box score fluke.
    Christopher Smith, al, 19 Oct. 2019
  • Kevin Chalfant is a very fine singer, and in my estimation, underrated in the world of pop singers.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2024
  • But the importance of plus-ones is at times underrated.
    Patricia Garcia, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Don’t underrate this move as a foundation of a solid back.
    David Otey, Men's Health, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Love it or hate it (and few hate it), overrate it or underrate it, the 1952 film makes a perfect musical yardstick.
    Jeanine Basinger, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Driver is underrated here, but that’s because Penelope Cruz drives off with the movie, giving one of the best performances of the last few years.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 6 June 2024
  • The president is an expert provocateur, and one does well not to underrate him.
    Michael Powell, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2017
  • England coach Gareth Southgate and his team are not likely to underrate the opposition, and won’t be caught off-guard.
    Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2022
  • How can somebody be successful and underrated at the same time?
    Angel Diaz, Billboard, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Become a Subscriber The truth is that the album is underrated in its specificity.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Mr. Gallini said the school was underrated by many middle-class families in its zone.
    Kate Taylor, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Oldenburg likes to ask which player on their team is underrated.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
  • That suggests the converse may be true: these conventional models may underrate the growth impact of backing out of a trade arrangement like the EU.
    Stephen Fidler, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2017
  • For whatever reason, that’s when Freud seeks out Lewis, played by Matthew Goode, always good and often underrated.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Fantasy owners always underrate him as a passer and seem to negate his value as a runner.
    Eddie Brown, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 July 2018
  • While still underrated on American shores, Rohrwacher has won over a lot of high-profile fans beyond O’Connor.
    Esther Zuckerman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Chart position aside, this early release shows just how talented and underrated an artist the singer truly is.
    Chuck Dauphin, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2017
  • John Gregg, an Indiana Democrat who went to law school with Pence and squared off against him in the state’s 2012 gubernatorial race, said people underrate the vice president’s skills.
    Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2020
  • However, that logic has somehow started to underrate the value of elite, top-tier rim protection.
    Shane Young, Forbes, 19 May 2021
  • Steven: Charles is severely underrating Jodi, who was my No. 1.
    Steven Ruiz, For The Win, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Both teams have underrated head coaches with exciting under-the-radar quarterbacks, and are getting at least a touchdown as a home underdog.
    Joseph Goodman, al, 14 Nov. 2019
  • It’s an old-fashioned system and an obviously imperfect one, destined to overrate some songs and to underrate others.
    Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
  • Yet Nemerov may underrate the connection between Greenberg’s actual views of modern painting and Frankenthaler’s artistic practice in the fifties.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2021
  • And given the fact that most of his peers at the top of the list hail from much smaller states with more welcoming political environments, the sheer numbers probably underrate Baker’s accomplishment.
    Kevin Mahnken, The New Republic, 10 Dec. 2021
  • This week, though, no one should, under the pressure of Trumpism, sentimentalize Macron, or underrate his difficulties.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 May 2017

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