† underpoisev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To underweigh, undervalue.
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
1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida Induct. sig. A3 His worth being much vnderpoised by the vneuen scale, that currants all thinges by the outwarde stamp of opinion.
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