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(ʌndəʳvæljuː)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense undervalues, present participle undervaluing, past tense, past participle undervalued
verb
If you undervalue something or someone, you fail to recognize how valuable or important they are.
We must never undervalue freedom. [VERB noun]
Many companies deal with their female employees in a way that undervalues them. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: underrate, underestimate, minimize, look down on More Synonyms of undervalue
undervalued adjective
This is a tournament he believes is greatly undervalued.
Even the best teacher can feel undervalued.

undervalue in British English

(ˌʌndəˈvæljuː)
verbWord forms: -values, -valuing or -valued
(transitive)
to value at too low a level or price
Derived forms
undervaluation (ˌunderˌvaluˈation)
noun
undervaluer (ˌunderˈvaluer)
noun

undervalue in American English

(ˌʌndərˈvælju)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˌunderˈvalued or ˌunderˈvaluing
1. 
to value below the real worth
2. 
to regard or esteem too lightly
Derived forms
undervaluation (ˌunderˌvaluˈation)
noun

Examples of 'undervalue' in a sentence
undervalue

It argued that the offer not only undervalued it but was fraught with risk.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Share prices look undervalued until a bidder comes along and makes an offer at a big premium.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The rise from the mid-1990s was from a position in which prices were undervalued by a recordamount.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The offer vastly undervalued Rio and its growth prospects, he argued.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The offer significantly undervalued Spice, it said.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It looks for value in US stocks and focuses on company cash flow generation with the aim of identifying undervalued companies.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)

In other languages
undervalue

British English: undervalue VERB
If you undervalue something or someone, you fail to recognize how valuable or important they are.
We must never undervalue freedom.
  • American English: undervalue
  • Brazilian Portuguese: subestimar
  • Chinese: 低估…的价值
  • European Spanish: infravalorar
  • French: sous-estimer
  • German: unterbewerten
  • Italian: sottovalutare
  • Japanese: 過小評価する
  • Korean: 과소평가하다
  • European Portuguese: subestimar
  • Latin American Spanish: infravalorar

(verb) 
Definition
to value a person or thing at less than the true worth or importance
We must never undervalue freedom.
Synonyms
underrate
He underrated the seriousness of William's head injury.
underestimate
Never underestimate what you can learn from a group of like-minded people.
minimize
Some have minimized the importance of these factors.
look down on
misjudge
Perhaps I had misjudged him after all.
depreciate
A parent should never depreciate their child's interests.
make light of
set no store by
hold cheap
misprize
Opposites
exaggerate
,
overvalue
, overestimate,
overrate

Additional synonyms

in the sense of depreciate
Definition
to deride or criticize
A parent should never depreciate their child's interests.
Synonyms
disparage,
run down,
underestimate,
ridicule,
scorn,
undervalue,
deride,
detract,
look down on,
denigrate,
belittle,
decry,
sneer at,
underrate,
traduce (formal)
in the sense of minimize
Definition
to regard or treat as less important than it really is
Some have minimized the importance of these factors.
Synonyms
play down,
discount,
underestimate,
belittle,
disparage,
decry,
underrate,
deprecate,
depreciate,
make light or little of
in the sense of misjudge
Definition
to judge wrongly or unfairly
Perhaps I had misjudged him after all.
Synonyms
miscalculate,
be wrong about,
underestimate,
underrate,
overestimate,
overrate,
get the wrong idea about

Nearby words of
undervalue

  • undertaker
  • undertaking
  • undertone
  • undervalue
  • underwater
  • underwear
  • underweight

Synonyms of 'undervalue'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of underestimate
Definition
to not be aware or take account of the full abilities or potential of
Never underestimate what you can learn from a group of like-minded people.
Synonyms
undervalue,
understate,
underrate,
diminish,
play down,
minimize,
downgrade,
miscalculate,
trivialize,
rate too low,
underemphasize,
hold cheap,
misprize
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