underrating
/ˌʌn.dəˈreɪ.tɪŋ/ · un·der·rat·ing
verb
- To underestimate; to assign too low a value, estimate, or importance to something. She kept underrating the difficulty of the exam and was surprised by the low score.
noun
- The act or habit of underrating; a tendency to assign insufficient value or importance. His chronic underrating of his own talents made it hard for others to recognize his potential.
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Did you know? Although "underrating" functions as a gerund, it appears surprisingly often in academic critiques, where authors warn against the underrating of minority scholars' contributions.