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Undervalue  To Verb Estimate Real Worth Rate Transitive

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
un·der·val·ue
 \\-ˈval-(ˌ)yü\\ transitive verb
 DATE  1599
1. to value, rate, or estimate below the real worth
    undervalue stock
2. to treat as having little value
    was undervalued as a poet
English Etymology
undervalue
  1596, "to rate as inferior in value" (to), from under + value (v.). Sense of "to estimate or esteem too low" is recorded from 1611. Meaning "to rate at too low a monetary value" is attested from 1622.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
undervalue
under·value 7QndE5vAlju:NAmE -dEr5v- / verb[VN]
   [usually passive] to not recognize how good, valuable or important sb / sth really is
   低估;对…认识不足;轻视:
   Education is currently undervalued in this country. 
   现在这个国家对教育重视不够。 
   He believes his house has been undervalued. 
   他认为自己的房子估值太低。 
   OPP  
overvalue
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
undervalue
I. \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷(ˌ)  ̷ ̷\ transitive verb
Etymology: under (I) + value, v.
1. : to value, rate, or estimate below the real worth : set too low a value upon
 undervalued the things he did not know — Agnes Repplier >
2. : to esteem lightly : treat as of little worth
3. : to cause to decrease in value or estimation : 
depreciate

 < the dollar was undervalued in terms of foreign currencies — E.W.Kemmerer >
II. noun
Etymology: under (III) + value
: a rate or price less than the real worth


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