underappreciated

adjective

un·​der·​ap·​pre·​ci·​at·​ed ˌən-dər-ə-ˈprē-shē-ˌā-təd How to pronounce underappreciated (audio)
: not duly appreciated

Examples of underappreciated in a Sentence

Her work is underappreciated by the critics.
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Your research found that 79% of moms agree that most people don’t understand what mom life at home looks like and 68% feel underappreciated. Sugey Palomares, Parents, 11 Feb. 2025 Adobe Capture Adobe Capture is an underappreciated (and free) mobile app for Android and iOS that captures fonts, color palettes, and shapes from a photo and then saves them in your Creative Cloud libraries to use for inspiration in InDesign later. PCMAG, 11 Feb. 2025 This play has underappreciated muscles that its director intermittently flexes. Britina Cheng, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2025 Fortunately, the Envy Awards are held (in these pages) every year to honor all of those underappreciated moments. Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for underappreciated 

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of underappreciated was in 1968

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“Underappreciated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underappreciated. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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