"underappreciate" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underappreciate.wav Forms: underappreciates [present, singular, third-person], underappreciating [participle, present], underappreciated [participle, past], underappreciated [past]
Etymology: From under- + appreciate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|appreciate}} under- + appreciate Head templates: {{en-verb}} underappreciate (third-person singular simple present underappreciates, present participle underappreciating, simple past and past participle underappreciated)
  1. (transitive) To not hold in sufficiently high esteem. Tags: transitive Translations (to not hold in sufficiently high esteem): aliarvostaa (Finnish), nicht angemessen würdigen (German), nicht genügend schätzen (German), unzureichend wertschätzen (German), unzureichend anerkennen (German), unterschätzen (German), alulértékelni (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-underappreciate-en-verb-nA29Mlvu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'to not hold in sufficiently high esteem': 87 13
  2. (intransitive) To not gain in value sufficiently. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-underappreciate-en-verb-5v7IcbZQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 50 50

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