undervalue

English

Etymology

under- + value

Verb

undervalue (third-person singular simple present undervalues, present participle undervaluing, simple past and past participle undervalued)

  1. (transitive) To underestimate, or assign too low a value to.
  2. (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.

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Noun

undervalue (plural undervalues)

  1. 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 []
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