"undervalue" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈvælju/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undervalue.wav [US] Forms: undervalues [plural]
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  1. An undervaluation; a price or rate below the actual worth.
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Verb

IPA: /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈvælju/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undervalue.wav [US] Forms: undervalues [present, singular, third-person], undervaluing [participle, present], undervalued [participle, past], undervalued [past]
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  1. (transitive) To underestimate, or assign too low a value to (something or someone); to have too little regard for. Tags: transitive Synonyms: underrate, underappreciate, underween Related terms: underpriced Coordinate_terms: underprice Translations (to underestimate): подценявам (podcenjavam) (Bulgarian), podhodnotit (Czech), podcenit (Czech), unterbewerten (German), unterschätzen (German), meephrios (Manx), subestima (Romanian), subevalua (Romanian), undervärdera (Swedish)
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