underrate

Example Sentences

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“I think a lot of people underrate my speed, my explosiveness,’’ he said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024

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

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