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underappreciated
[ uhn-der-uh-pree-shee-ey-tid ]
adjective
- not sufficiently valued or recognized:
Knowing how to grow your own food is an underappreciated but incredibly important skill.
I really think the seriousness of this problem is underappreciated.
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of underappreciated1
Example Sentences
Some said they were grateful for the Thursday night clap for the NHS, while others said they felt underappreciated.
Her favorite is “Keep Honking! I’m thinking about the incomparable pool scene from Paul Verhoeven’s underappreciated 1995 erotic drama ‘Showgirls,’†a black sticker with white text that features lead actress Elizabeth Berkley’s lean profile.
A plot synopsis does vanishingly little to capture the “Emilia Pérez “ viewing experience, but it’s the logical jump-off: Rita Mora Castro, played by Zoe Saldaña, is an underappreciated lawyer who, fed up with defending murderous criminals, takes up an offer to work with a Mexican cartel boss, Manitas del Monte, played by Karla SofÃa Gascón, who hires Castro to facilitate her transition.
An underappreciated aspect of Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign was an absence of something that defined his 2016 and 2020 campaigns: constant Gossip Girl–esque internal drama spilling into hourly push alerts.
Over time, though, historians began to focus on the underappreciated accomplishments of Carter’s tenure: new standards for ethics in government, a focus on human rights in foreign policy, and the first steps toward reducing U.S. dependence on fossil fuels.
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