under rate

verb (used with object), un·der·rat·ed, un·der·rat·ing.

to rate or evaluate too low; underestimate.

Origin:
1615–25; under- + rate¹

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underrate (ˌʌndəˈreɪt)

—vb
	(tr) to underestimate

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