underrate
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Colin Farrell is wonderful in “Banshees,” but voters may underrate him when he’s playing a character who looks and talks like, well, Colin Farrell.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
“It made me realize that we often ignore and underrate highly populated places for ichthyological exploratory studies. We now understand not to leave any stones unturned.”
From Scientific American ● Mar. 25, 2022
So you can’t underrate how massive this win was.
From Fox News ● Oct. 10, 2021
I think we all underrate Chris Carson’s value to the Seahawks offense.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2020
He accompanied them as far as the end of the wood with all the cheerfulness he could muster; only begging Hazel, out of hearing of the rest, not to underrate the danger.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
In general, I think this conversation underrates macroeconomic factors that could drive up the unemployment rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Whenever anybody asks me about Balanchine, I think of what Jack Nicholson said about Stanley Kubrick: “Everyone pretty much acknowledges him as The Man, and I still think that underrates him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
Peterson finished with 16 yards on 11 carries, a line that obviously doesn’t stand out, but that somewhat underrates his contribution.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
"He's pretty tough. I don't think anyone underrates his toughness."
From US News ● Oct. 12, 2015
This estimate holds him too lightly and underrates the peril to which the United States was then exposed.
From Washington and his colleagues; a chronicle of the rise and fall of federalism by Henry Jones Ford
With that in mind, Grimes was asked if the Lakers are being viewed as an underrated defensive team on the perimeter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The rub here is that there’s a difference between a film that becomes a cult classic because it’s genuinely underrated, and one that achieves that status through the unholy, rose-colored lens of social media obsession.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
“Lioness” and “MobLand” are violent fun, “Colin From Accounts” is terrific, ”Diarra From Detroit” is an underrated gem and the sports lineup is solid.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
This city may be the South’s most underrated getaway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
But if the quiet parts are filler, maybe filler’s underrated.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
I’m not saying criminally underrating someone like Yamamoto should be prosecutable, I’m just wondering why anyone would?
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
“I think the industry is underrating and underinvesting given the scale,” Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman told me the other day during our appearance at a Paley Center for Media event in Menlo Park, Calif.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
It is possible that we are now underrating the Sooners, who have won four games by one score?
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
People were underrating the amazing power of umbrage.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2013
We are perhaps in some danger of underrating the inconveniences of the ancient modes of transfer.
From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Sir Henry Sumner Maine
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