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单词 undervalue
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undervaluen.

Brit. /ˈʌndəˌvaljuː/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌvælju/
Etymology: under- prefix1 5(b).
1. Insufficiency in worth. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > an imperfection > want or shortcoming > spec
undervalue1605
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. A4 What defects and vndervalewes I finde in such particuler actes. View more context for this quotation
2. An inadequate monetary value; an amount or price below the real value.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun] > amount below real value
undervalue1611
undervaluation1653
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Non-prix, an vnder value, or vnderprice.
1631 T. Powell Tom of All Trades 3 Poverty sells all at an vnder value.
1690 J. Child Disc. Trade iv. 101 We shall buy Ships..for half their cost, which under value in purchase will be a present clear profit to England.
1737 Ld. Hardwicke Jrnl. in G. Harris Life Ld. Chancellor Hardwicke (1847) I. 362 A bishop..calling in his tenants to fill up leases at an undervalue.
1769 Bp. W. Warburton Lett. (1809) 438 The magnificent set of Chelsea China..she took care should not go at an under~value.
1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More (1831) II. 163 Persons who buy..because they are tempted by the undervalue at which it is offered.
1885 Law Times Rep. 52 648/2 Shaw knew that he was buying at an undervalue.
3. An under-estimate of worth or importance; = undervaluation n. 2. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > [noun]
detraction1340
misspeaking?a1425
lightlying1451
obtrectationa1500
derogation1520
disparaging1528
vilipending1566
detractation1570
detracting1572
disprize1575
downcrying1575
lessening1579
diminution1586
disparagement1591
disvalue1605
undervalue1615
disvaluation1617
decrying1633
undervaluation1635
disvaluinga1639
vilipendency1653
undervaluing1656
decry1686
depreciating1705
decrial1711
depreciation1790
subtraction1812
belittling1837
to give one a back-cap1883
marginalizing1977
trash talk1981
negging1996
1615 A. Stafford Heavenly Dogge 35 Diogenes knew his owne deserts, and was neerer the ouer then the undervalew of himselfe.
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 345 That gentlewoman that inverted the undervalue of Marriages Maxime, ‘next to no wife a good wife the best’.
1680 J. Aubrey Brief Lives (1898) I. 302 He did not care for chymistrey, and was wont to speake against them with undervalue.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

undervaluev.

Brit. /ˌʌndəˈvaljuː/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈvælju/
Etymology: under- prefix1 5(a).
1. transitive. To rate as inferior in value to. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > view in a certain way > rate as inferior
undervalue1600
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. vii. 53 Or shall I thinke in siluer shees immurd beeing tenne times vndervalewed to tride gold. View more context for this quotation
1612 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 602 Which entertainment they could not afford him, for that thei would not undervalewe themselves to ye Spanishe greatenes.
2.
a. To rate at too low a monetary value. Also figurative.
ΚΠ
1599 Minutes Archdeaconry Colchester f. 257 b (MS.) Dominus, eo quod constat that the goods ar vndervalued, dyd appoynt the same goods to be again apriced.
a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Knight of Malta v. i, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Mmmmm3/1 How much you undervalue your own price, To give your unbought selfe, for a poore woman?
1765 Museum Rusticum 4 68 In your note..I observe you think the price of the corn undervalued.
1885 Law Times 7 Feb. 269/1 There was a strong reason why Mr. Thomas should over-value rather than under-value the goods.
b. To reduce or diminish in value; to make of less value or worth.
ΚΠ
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 385 It followeth that the Siluer is vnderualued, and the Gold aduanced.
1692 C. O'K[elly] in Irish Narr. (Camden) 69 What undervalued it [sc. the coinage] most was the little esteem the great ones about court shewed for it.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 61. ⁋4 'Tis such silly Starts and Incoherences which undervalue the beauteous Sex.
1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xi. 179 The currency has been undervalued by the fraudulent issue.
c. To fall short of in value. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > underestimate or undervalue > fall short of in value
undervalue1657
1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 182 What follows is such pittiful stuff, as would under-value the worth of a piece of paper to vouchsafe it a confute.
3. To estimate or esteem too low; to value or appreciate insufficiently; to depreciate.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > underestimate or undervalue
to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395
disprize1480
misprize1483
to make light of1526
extenuate1529
to make the worst ofc1530
seclude?1531
to take (also wrest) to the worst1531
deprisec1550
disparagea1556
undermatch1571
embase1577
underbid1593
underprize1600
underpoise1602
undervalue1611
minorize1615
underspeak1635
underthink1646
underrate1650
minify1676
under-measure1682
underpraise1698
sneeze1806
understate1824
disappreciate1828
under-estimatea1850
minimize1866
to play down1869
worsen1885
to sell short1936
downplay1948
underplay1949
lowball1979
minimalize1979
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > disparage or depreciate [verb (transitive)]
littleeOE
low1340
dispraisec1386
minish1402
deroge1427
detractc1449
descryc1450
detrayc1475
dismerit1484
decline1509
vilipend1509
disprize?1518
disable1528
derogatea1530
elevate1541
disparagea1556
detrect1563
debase1565
demerit1576
vilify1586
disgrace1589
detracta1592
besparage1592
enervate1593
obtrect1595
extenuate1601
disvalue1605
disparagon1610
undervalue1611
avile1615
debaucha1616
to cry down1616
debate1622
decry1641
atomize1645
underrate1646
naucify1653
dedignify1654
stuprate1655
de-ample1657
dismagn1657
slur1660
voguec1661
depreciate1666
to run down1671
baffle1674
lacken1674
sneer1706
diminish1712
substract1728
down1780
belittle1789
carbonify1792
to speak scorn of1861
to give one a back-cap1903
minoritize1947
mauvais langue1952
rubbish1953
down-talk1959
marginalize1970
marginate1970
trash1975
neg1987
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Sottostimare, to vnder-value or esteeme.
1620 T. Gataker Spirituall Watch 114 These that so highly ouer~prize their owne priuate deuotions, as thus to vnder-value the publike assemblies of Gods Saints.
1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata To Rdr. 17 Vertue..wanting preferment, and truth riches, shall be disrespected and undervalued.
1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses i. 6 Extolling their own good Qualities, and undervaluing those of others.
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lv. 244 A vain man does not usually compare himself to an object, which it is his design to undervalue.
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 210 We shall have a fine sunshiny day to-morrow,—a blessing not to be undervalued.
1884 R. W. Church Bacon iii. 59 He was no mere idealist or recluse to undervalue or despise the real grandeur of the world.
reflexive.1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xv. 174 Schollers..haue store of gold, but know not the worth of it, they vnder-value themselues.1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. 341 He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

Derivatives

undervalued adj. stress variable
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [adjective] > underestimating or undervaluing > undervalued
unprized1608
undervalued1629
short1669
misprized1702
unappreciated1828
minified1837
played-down1946
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > [adjective] > disparaged
disparaged1611
undervalued1629
decried1655
cried-down1669
minoritized1945
marginalized1961
1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia i. 31 So rare a Branch, whose underualued worth Brings greater glory to th'Arcadian Land, Then can the dull Arcadians understand.
1661 R. Boyle Some Consider. Style of Script. (1675) 89 His so much undervalued Parables..comprise important prophecies.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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