Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underprize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-prize
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To undervalue; to underestimate.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"[…] Yet look, how far / The substance of my praise doth wrong this shadow / In underprizing it, so far this shadow / Doth limp behind the substance."
"[…] euery man ouer-ualuing his owne worth, would be a Commander: euery man vnder prizing anothers value, denied to be commanded."
"Teach me to underprize this life, and I / Shall finde my loſſe the eaſier, vvhen I dye; […]"
"No: it would never do to underprize this proof of good will or to read in Liane’s warning any spirit but one of the most earnest anxiety."
"I underprized your far-out, blathering genius."

Etymology

From under- + prize.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

underprizes (present, singular) underprizing (participle, present) underprized (participle, past) underprized (past)

Questions

What does underprize mean?: To undervalue; to underestimate.
Where does underprize come from?: From under- + prize.

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