Antonyms for undervalue


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uhn-der-val-yoo
Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn dərˈvæl yu


Definition of undervalue

Origin :
  • 1590s, "to rate as inferior in value" (to), from under + value (v.). Sense of "to estimate or esteem too low" is recorded from 1610s. Meaning "to rate at too low a monetary value" is attested from 1620s.
  • verb underestimate
  • verb belittle
  • verb depreciate
Example sentences :
  • I am not poor because you think me so, nor because you attempt to undervalue me in the country.
  • Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding
  • Come, come, don't sulk; I am not going to undervalue your favorite Lucy.
  • Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever
  • Should he affect to undervalue the place, and all the art treasures?
  • Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever
  • There, indeed, lay the great peril; nor was Grenfell a man to undervalue it.
  • Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever
  • So that we may not set aside the sacraments, nor undervalue them.
  • Extract from : « Bertha and Her Baptism » by Nehemiah Adams
  • I am no romantic fool to undervalue the sacrifice I am about to make.
  • Extract from : « St. Ronan's Well » by Sir Walter Scott
  • These people who talked of games seem to me to undervalue repose.
  • Extract from : « Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches » by Maurice Baring
  • Now I should be the last to undervalue any traces of history to be found in tradition.
  • Extract from : « The Science of Fairy Tales » by Edwin Sidney Hartland
  • We would not undervalue modesty or recommend self-sufficiency.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 » by Various
  • Far be it from any Cornish student to undervalue the p. 53usefulness of Keigwin.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of the Cornish Language » by Henry Jenner

Synonyms for undervalue

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