"undervalue" meaning in English

See undervalue in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈvælju/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undervalue.wav Forms: undervalues [plural]
Etymology: From under- + value. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|value}} under- + value Head templates: {{en-noun}} undervalue (plural undervalues)
  1. An undervaluation; a price or rate below the actual worth.
    Sense id: en-undervalue-en-noun-HATlc5pZ Categories (other): English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 46 37 16

Verb

IPA: /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈvælju/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undervalue.wav Forms: undervalues [present, singular, third-person], undervaluing [participle, present], undervalued [participle, past], undervalued [past]
Etymology: From under- + value. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|value}} under- + value Head templates: {{en-verb}} undervalue (third-person singular simple present undervalues, present participle undervaluing, simple past and past participle undervalued)
  1. (transitive) To underestimate, or assign too low a value to. Tags: transitive Translations (to underestimate): подценявам (podcenjavam) (Bulgarian), podhodnotit (Czech), podcenit (Czech), unterbewerten (German), unterschätzen (German), meephrios (Manx), subestima (Romanian), subevalua (Romanian), undervärdera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-undervalue-en-verb-N5GUJ8QB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 55 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 59 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 61 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 72 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 65 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 22 67 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 67 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 23 67 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 67 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 75 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 22 68 9 Disambiguation of 'to underestimate': 98 2
  2. (transitive) To have too little regard for. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-undervalue-en-verb-EDmx1ZgA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: underrate, underween

Inflected forms

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