'Undervalue' definitions:
Definition of 'undervalue'
(from WordNet)
verb
Assign too low a value to; "Don't underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price" [syn: undervalue, underestimate] [ant: overestimate, overvalue]
verb
Esteem lightly
verb
Lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again" [syn: depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue] [ant: appreciate, apprise, apprize, revalue]
Definition of 'Undervalue'
From: GCIDE
- Undervalue \Un`der*val"ue\, n. A low rate or price; a price less than the real worth; undervaluation. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Undervalue'
From: GCIDE
- Undervalue \Un`der*val"ue\, v. t.
- 1. To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to depreciate. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth; to hold in mean estimation; to despise. [1913 Webster]
- In comparison of it I undervalued all ensigns of authority. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- I write not this with the least intention to undervalue the other parts of poetry. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'undervalue'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- belittle,
- decry,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- devaluate,
- devalue,
- disparage,
- lower,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- mark down,
- minimize,
- misestimate,
- misprize,
- sell short,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- shrug off,
- think little of,
- think nothing of,
- underestimate,
- underprize,
- underrate,
- underreckon,
- write down,
- write off