undervalue

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: un=der=val=ue

CIDE DICTIONARY

undervalue, v. t. 

•  To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to depreciate.  [1913 Webster]
•  To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth; to hold in mean estimation; to despise.  [1913 Webster]

  "In comparison of it I undervalued all ensigns of authority."  [1913 Webster]

  "I write not this with the least intention to undervalue the other parts of poetry."  [1913 Webster]

undervalue, n. 

 A low rate or price; a price less than the real worth; undervaluation.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

undervalue, v.tr. (-values, -valued, -valuing)
1 value insufficiently.
2 underestimate.

Derivative

undervaluation n.

THESAURUS

undervalue

belittle, decry, deprecate, depreciate, devaluate, devalue, disparage, lower, make light of, make little of, make nothing of, mark down, minimize, misestimate, misprize, sell short, set at naught, set little by, shrug off, think little of, think nothing of, underestimate, underprize, underrate, underreckon, write down, write off

ROGET THESAURUS

undervalue

Underestimation

VB underrate, underestimate, undervalue, underreckon, depreciate, disparage, not do justice to, misprize, disprize, ridicule, slight, neglect, slur over, make light of, make little of, make nothing of, make no account of, belittle, minimize, think nothing of, set no store by, set at naught, shake off as dewdrops from the lion's mane.