undervalue
verb
- establish a cost, value that's too low
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈvælju/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér 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.
- An undervaluation; a price or rate below the actual worth.
“[…] he must therefore prove that the contract was not at such an undervalue as would amount to fraud […]”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér 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.
- To underestimate, or assign too low a value to (something or someone); to have too little regard for.
“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: […]”