underrate
Origin of underrate
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How to use underrate in a sentence
Here, as elsewhere, Berg focuses tightly on contingencies but underrates the contexts which give them meaning.
A Noble Failure: Woodrow Wilson’s Presidency Considered | Michael Kazin | September 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe true artist underrates himself, especially at first, and thereby both proves himself and makes himself the true artist.'
Babylon, Volume 2 (of 3) | Grant AllenHe underrates the power of sea, no doubt, but read his remarks on valleys in the Sandwich group.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles DarwinYour engraving is exactly true, but underrates rather than exaggerates the luxuriance.
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I (of II) | Charles DarwinHe has somewhat overstated the consumption of England, and underrates that of the United States.
Society, Manners and Politics in the United States | Michael Chevalier
In conclusion, it may be remarked that Mr. Richardson somewhat underrates the gravity of porter, which is now seldom under 20 lbs.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
British Dictionary definitions for underrate
/ (ˌʌndəˈreɪt) /
(tr) to underestimate
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