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English
Etymology
under- + value
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Verb
undervalue (third-person singular simple present undervalues, present participle undervaluing, simple past and past participle undervalued)
- (transitive) To underestimate, or assign too low a value to.
- (transitive) To have too little regard for.
1674 (date written), John Dryden, “The Authors Apology for Heroique Poetry; and Poetique Licence”, in The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man: An Opera. , London: T N for Henry Herringman, , published 1677, →OCLC, page 23:I write not this with the leaſt intention to undervalue the other parts of Poetry: for Comedy is both excellently inſtructive, and extreamly pleaſant: […]
1706 September 19 (Gregorian calendar), Francis Atterbury, “A Sermon Preach’d in the Guild-Hall Chapel, London, Sept. 28. 1706. Being the Day of the Election of the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor.”, in Fourteen Sermons Preach’d on Several Occasions. , London: E. P. for Jonah Bowyer, , published 1708, →OCLC, page 403:[…] I undervalu'd all the Enſigns of Authority which belong'd to me, all the Pomp and Splendor of Life which which I was ſurrounded.
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Noun
undervalue (plural undervalues)
- An undervaluation; a price or rate below the actual worth.
1938, Law Reporter, volume 158, page 132:[…] he must therefore prove that the contract was not at such an undervalue as would amount to fraud […]