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# underrate

«underrate» in Mova's school dictionary: **worth less than it really is** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (underrates, underrated, underrating)

### meaning for a pupil

To think that someone or something is worth less than it really is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underrate/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, people fail to value what is most precious, until they lose it

### examples

- Do not underrate your friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underrate/#x1)
- Many people underrate good sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underrate/#x2)
- The team underrated their rivals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underrate/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «underrate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underrate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.