单词 | undervalue |
释义 | undervaluen. 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. 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.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. 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. 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). < n.1605v.1599 |
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