underrated

adjective

un·​der·​rat·​ed ˌən-dər-ˈrā-təd 

ˌən-də-

: rated or valued too low

an underrated movie/book

… Francis, surely the most underrated player in the league, led the improbable comeback.

—E. M. Swift

Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot, is a very underrated 1976 comedy-thriller about a phony psychic's accidental involvement with jewel thieves.

—Joe Leydon

Examples of underrated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Walker was looked at as one of the most underrated free agents on the market, and Houston landed him on a three-year contract worth $60 million. —Mark Davis, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025

Lipstick nails are far from new, but TikTok’s recent obsession is just reminding us how underrated an interesting nail shape is. —Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 7 Mar. 2025

Abela, so impressive last year as Amy Winehouse in the underrated Back to Black, gets to shine here as the reluctant Clarissa. —Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025

Read on for 10 underrated Roman history locations outside Rome. —Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1778, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for underrated

• abdicated
• abrogated
• acclimated
• activated
• actuated
• adumbrated
• advocated
• aggravated
• aggregated
• agitated
• allocated
• alternated