underrate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make too low an estimate of
    underestimate.
    • he underestimated the work that went into the renovation
    • Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river

WordNet


Un`der*rate" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To rate too low; to rate below the value; to undervalue. Burke.
Un"der*rate` noun
Definitions
  1. A price less than the value; as, to sell a thing at an underrate. Cowley.

Webster 1913