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undervalue

[ uhn-der-val-yoo ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, un·der·val·ued, un·der·val·u·ing.

to value below the real worth; put too low a value on.
Synonyms: depreciate, underestimate, underrate
to diminish in value; make of less value.
to have insufficient regard or esteem for; hold too low an opinion of.

undervalue

/ ˌʌndəˈvæljuː /

First recorded in 1590–1600; under- + value

No country can or should or is authorized to undervalue India.

And even that those decisions will tend to undervalue the lives of people with Down's syndrom and other disabling conditions.

In a way the film is a perfect parable about moviemakers who undervalue their ability to entertain.

It was inevitable that Carver should undervalue moral suasion; a military man, he recognized only the arbitrament of brute force.

The world is sufficiently disposed to reproach the servants of the sanctuary; they should not undervalue each other.

The people are the carriers of a civilization that the world does not undervalue, of ideas that would be of great use to it.

The way to render human beings of any class despicable is to undervalue them; for disesteem will superinduce degeneracy.

The objections against this very probable view undervalue Ezra iv.

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