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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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Etymology of 'Undervalue'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... increases this characteristic. The innate rebellious spirit in young men is active and buoyant. They could rebel against and improve the millennium. This excess of enthusiasm at the inception of a movement, causes loss of perspective; a natural tendency to undervalue the great in that which is being taken as a base of departure. A "youthful sedition" of Emerson was his withdrawal from the communion, perhaps, the most socialistic doctrine (or rather symbol) of the church—a ...

— Essays Before a Sonata • Charles Ives

... rifled to such purpose the cabinets and galleries of the Italian princes, was resolved not to lose the opportunity of appropriating some of the rich antiquarian treasures of Egypt; nor was it likely that he should undervalue the opportunities which his expedition might afford, of extending the boundaries of science, by careful observation of natural phenomena. He drew together therefore a body of eminent artists and connoisseurs, under the direction of Monge, who had managed his Italian ...

— The History of Napoleon Buonaparte • John Gibson Lockhart

... I, like a hermit, dwell, On a rock, or in a cell, Calling home the smallest part That is missing of my heart, To bestow it where I may Meet a rival every day? If she undervalue me, What care I how ...

— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan

... early as 553 with the Sicilian fleet of 38 sail in the eastern waters. The government, however, were at a loss to discover an ostensible pretext for the war; a pretext which they needed in order to satisfy the people, even although they had not been far too sagacious to undervalue, as was the manner of Philip, the importance of assigning a legitimate ground for hostilities. The support, which Philip was alleged to have granted to the Carthaginians after the peace with Rome, manifestly could not be proved. ...

— The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) • Theodor Mommsen

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— Constructive Imperialism • Viscount Milner

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