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underappreciate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-ap-pre-ci-ate
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To not hold in sufficiently high esteem.

Transitive verb

verb

To not gain in value sufficiently.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English appreciate English underappreciate From under- + appreciate.

Usage

Inflected Forms

underappreciates (present, singular) underappreciating (participle, present) underappreciated (participle, past) underappreciated (past)

Questions

What does underappreciate mean?
To not hold in sufficiently high esteem.
Where does underappreciate come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English appreciate English underappreciate From under- + appreciate.

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