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- verb transitive To not hold in sufficiently high
esteem . - verb intransitive To not gain in value sufficiently.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Dr. Summers also said that as a country we stunningly underappreciate public school teachers.
Esther Wojcicki: Lawrence Summers Gives Great Keynote at NY Times Schools for Tomorrow Conference Esther Wojcicki 2011
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And the market still may underappreciate the value of its U.S. operations.
Vodafone's Wait Yields Dividend Hester Plumridge 2011
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Barclays Capital analyst Ben Reitzes says investors underappreciate the potential of new iPhone versions next year and are too focused on Apple's disappointing gross margin in the September quarter.
Sales Boost on the Verizon for iPhone Martin Peers 2010
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As a result they/we tend to underappreciate the intangible social and psychological costs implicit in decision making. —
Repugnance Revisited, or: Are Economists Really ‘Evil’? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Finally, you do in fact underappreciate the raw power of the anthropic argument.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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The men of Jones County were an insular lot — and it is this insularity that Ms. Jenkins and Mr. Stauffer seem to underappreciate in their portrait.
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The Blair Witch Project often takes some abuse for its fragmented storyline, irritating characters and unsatisfying ending, but to make these criticisms I think is to underappreciate just how unique and revolutionary the film really was.
Dust Forms Words 100 Must-See Movies: 31 to 40 Greg Tannahill 2008
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The Blair Witch Project often takes some abuse for its fragmented storyline, irritating characters and unsatisfying ending, but to make these criticisms I think is to underappreciate just how unique and revolutionary the film really was.
Archive 2008-05-01 Greg Tannahill 2008
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I too have great boobs and severely underappreciate them.
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The development of the sciences of psychology and genetics has learned us to underappreciate our personality, but in a good way.
Neuroesthetics James Gurney 2008
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