Underrate - English meaning

verb

Make or become less.

Usage examples:

The new law is expected to diminish the government's chances

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size or importance

Usage examples:

[ i ] the threat of inflation is diminishing., [ t ] a single-payer system would diminish the burea…

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size, importance, or value

Usage examples:

If consumers start losing confidence, it will diminish demand for household goods., investors can d…

noun

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verb

Reduce (something, especially something undesirable) to the smallest possible amount or degree.

Usage examples:

The aim is to minimize costs

verb

To reduce something to the smallest possible level or amount

Usage examples:

We do all that we can to minimize the risk of infection., he minimized his involvement in the scand…

verb

To reduce something to the smallest possible level or amount

Usage examples:

We rented an office in the cheap part of town to minimize costs., you should spread your investment…

phrase

Understate the importance or quality of

phrasal verb

Represent something as being less important than it in fact is.

Usage examples:

He tried to play down the seriousness of his illness

phrasal verb

To make something seem less important than or not as bad as it really is

Usage examples:

The doctor tried to play down the seriousness of my father’s illness, but we weren’t fooled.

verb

Place insufficient emphasis on.

Usage examples:

History is underemphasized in the curriculum

verb

Estimate (something) to be smaller or less important than it really is.

Usage examples:

They have grossly underestimated the extent of the problem

noun

An estimate that is too low.

Usage examples:

£7.5 million is a considerable underestimate

verb

To think that something is less or lower than it really is, or that someone is less strong or less effective

Usage examples:

Homeowners often underestimate the cost of repairing a roof.

verb

Describe or represent (something) as being smaller or less good or important than it really is.

Usage examples:

The press have understated the extent of the problem

verb

To say that the amount or importance of something is less than it really is

Usage examples:

The company was accused of understating potential side effects of the drug., [ c ] to say i was con…

verb

To give an amount as less than it really is

Usage examples:

The company's conservative accounting methods mean that results are actually understated., understa…

verb

Rate (something) insufficiently highly; fail to appreciate.

Usage examples:

Through overfamiliarity, it is easy to undervalue this concerto

noun

A price below the real value.

Usage examples:

His truck was sold at an undervalue