underrated

adjective

un·​der·​rat·​ed ˌən-dər-ˈrā-təd How to pronounce underrated (audio)
ˌən-də-
Synonyms of underratednext
: 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

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Meryl Streep started her family—aka, an empire of underrated creatives—with ex-husband Don Gummer at age 30, and had her youngest daughter Louisa Jacobson at 41. — Adrianne Reece, InStyle, 31 July 2026 With all of this back and forth on ring chasing, has winning become underrated? — Dan Woike, New York Times, 31 July 2026 But Janney’s work, to say nothing of her perennially underrated co-star Andrew Rannells, was certainly worthy. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026 The United States is home to an array of underrated gems offering a similarly relaxed ambiance and romantic aesthetic people seek out in their European getaways. — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for underrated

Word History

First Known Use

1778, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of underrated was in 1778

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