Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undervalue

/ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈvælju/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-val-ue
IPA: /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈvælju/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To underestimate, or assign too low a value to (something or someone); to have too little regard for.

Transitive verb

noun

An undervaluation; a price or rate below the actual worth.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: underrate, underappreciate, underween"
"I write not this with the leaſt intention to undervalue the other parts of Poetry: for Comedy is both excellently inſtructive, and extreamly pleaſant: […]"
"[…] I undervalu'd all the Enſigns of Authority which belong'd to me, all the Pomp and Splendor of Life which^([sic – meaning with]) which I was ſurrounded."
"[…] he must therefore prove that the contract was not at such an undervalue as would amount to fraud […]"

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 value English undervalue From under- + value.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

undervalues (present, singular) undervaluing (participle, present) undervalued (participle, past) undervalued (past) undervalues (plural)

Derived Forms

undervaluement undervaluer undervaluingly

Frequently Paired Words

underpriced underprice

Synonyms

underrate underappreciate underween depreciate devaluate devalue underestimate

Questions

How do you pronounce undervalue?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈvælju/.
What does undervalue mean?: To underestimate, or assign too low a value to (something or someone); to have too little regard for.
Where does undervalue 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 value English undervalue From under- + value.

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