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/ˈəndərvˌælju/ Listen

noun

Undervalue n. A low rate or price; a price less than the real worth; undervaluation.

verb

Undervalue v. t.

To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to depreciate.

To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth; to hold in mean estimation; to despise. "In comparison of it I undervalued all ensigns of authority." "I write not this with the least intention to undervalue the other parts of poetry."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Undervalue" Quotes from Famous Books

... Boone, and wonderfully was he endowed by Providence for the part which he was called to act. Far be it from us to undervalue the advantages of education: It can do every thing but assume the prerogative of Providence. God has reserved for himself the attribute of creating. Distinguished excellence has never been attained, unless where nature and education, ...

— The First White Man of the West • Timothy Flint

... the successful Stork to the poor Crane, who stood dejectedly to one side, "not to scorn and undervalue qualities in any one, because they are not flaunted in ...

— St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, No. 3 • Various

... the correctness of your principles in the main, Mr. Grahame, but I hope you do not think that all Lilian's fine acquaintances as you call them, would be so unjust in their judgment as to think the less of her for her love of you, or to undervalue you on account ...

— Evenings at Donaldson Manor - Or, The Christmas Guest • Maria J. McIntosh

... of reason for it. I know the years when the fevers and dysenteries are in earnest, and when they're only making believe. I know the folks that think they're dying as soon as they're sick, and the folks that never find out they 're sick till they're dead. I don't want to undervalue your science, Mr. Langdon. There are things I never learned, because they came in after my day, and I am very glad to send my patients to those that do know them, when I am at fault; but I know these people about here, fathers and mothers, ...

— Elsie Venner • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

... that the female intellect is educable to the same degree as that of man; would it not appear to be a perversion of judgment to undervalue ingenuity, because it accidentally had its seat in female brains? Would it not be unjust to leave talents undeveloped and without cultivation, simply ...

— By Water to the Columbian Exposition • Johanna S. Wisthaler

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