unappreciativeadj.
/ˌʌnəˈpriːʃ(ɪ)ətɪv/, /ˌʌnəˈpriːsɪətɪv/, U.S. /ˌənəˈpriʃ(i)ədɪv/, /ˌənəˈprɪʃ(i)ədɪv/, /ˌənəˈpriʃ(i)əˌtɪv/, /ˌənəˈprɪʃ(i)əˌtɪv/ (un- prefix1 1.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [adjective] > underestimating or undervaluing
undervaluing1639
ill-judginga1715
underrating1721
unappreciative1840
misappreciative1866
conservative1884
inappreciative1897
meiotic1907
throwaway1942
low-balling1957
1840 J. S. Mill Let. 23 Dec. in Wks. (1963) XIII. 453 A man of Molesworth's sort of limitation has a natural tendency to be intolerant, because unappreciative of ideas & persons unlike him & his ideas.
1857 C. E. Norton Lett. (1913) I. iv. 172 The reviews are cold and unappreciative.
1868 Visct. Strangford Select. from Writings (1869) I. 202 It is full time to enter into a special examination of his Eastern policy, contrasting it, when necessary, with his own curiously unappreciative exposition of the same.
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