undervalue
English
Verb
undervalue (third-person singular simple present undervalues, present participle undervaluing, simple past and past participle undervalued)
- (transitive) To underestimate, or assign too low a value to.
- (transitive) To have too little regard for.
- Atterbury
- In comparison of it I undervalued all ensigns of authority.
- Dryden
- I write not this with the least intention to undervalue the other parts of poetry.
- Atterbury
Synonyms
Translations
to underestimate
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Noun
undervalue (plural undervalues)
- An undervaluation; a price or rate below the actual worth.
- 1938, Law Reporter (volume 158, page 132)
- […] he must therefore prove that the contract was not at such an undervalue as would amount to fraud […]
- 1938, Law Reporter (volume 158, page 132)
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