SuaviloquyToday’s word

underrate

Underrate, v. t.

To rate too low; to rate below the value; to undervalue. Burke.

1 other Webster entry under this spelling

Underrate, n.

A price less than the value; as, to sell a thing at an underrate. Cowley.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for underrate; he lists it under disparage.

Where he writes about it:

A witness or a statement is discredited; the currency is depreciated; a good name is dishonored by unworthy conduct; we underestimate in our own minds; we may underrate or undervalue in statement to others. — from disparage