Meaning of "underrate" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF UNDERRATE

underrate  [ˌʌndəˈreɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDERRATE

Underrate is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb underrate in English.

WHAT DOES UNDERRATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cost overrun

A cost overrun, also known as a cost increase or budget overrun, involves unexpected costs incurred in excess of budgeted amounts due to an underestimation of the actual cost during budgeting. Cost overrun should be distinguished from cost escalation, which is used to express an anticipated growth in a budgeted cost due to factors such as inflation. Cost overrun is common in infrastructure, building, and technology projects. For IT projects, a 2004 industry study by the Standish Group found an average cost overrun of 43 percent; 71 percent of projects came in over budget, exceeded time estimates, and had estimated too narrow a scope; and total waste was estimated at $55 billion per year in the US alone. Many major construction projects have incurred cost overruns; cost estimates used to decide whether important transportation infrastructure should be built can mislead grossly and systematically. The Suez Canal cost 20 times as much as the earliest estimates; even the cost estimate produced the year before construction began underestimated the project's actual costs by a factor of three.

Definition of underrate in the English dictionary

The definition of underrate in the dictionary is to underestimate.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UNDERRATE

PRESENT

Present

I underrate

you underrate

he/she/it underrates

we underrate

you underrate

they underrate

Present continuous

I am underrating

you are underrating

he/she/it is underrating

we are underrating

you are underrating

they are underrating

Present perfect

I have underrated

you have underrated

he/she/it has underrated

we have underrated

you have underrated

they have underrated

Present perfect continuous

I have been underrating

you have been underrating

he/she/it has been underrating

we have been underrating

you have been underrating

they have been underrating

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I underrated

you underrated

he/she/it underrated

we underrated

you underrated

they underrated

Past continuous

I was underrating

you were underrating

he/she/it was underrating

we were underrating

you were underrating

they were underrating

Past perfect

I had underrated

you had underrated

he/she/it had underrated

we had underrated

you had underrated

they had underrated

Past perfect continuous

I had been underrating

you had been underrating

he/she/it had been underrating

we had been underrating

you had been underrating

they had been underrating

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will underrate

you will underrate

he/she/it will underrate

we will underrate

you will underrate

they will underrate

Future continuous

I will be underrating

you will be underrating

he/she/it will be underrating

we will be underrating

you will be underrating

they will be underrating

Future perfect

I will have underrated

you will have underrated

he/she/it will have underrated

we will have underrated

you will have underrated

they will have underrated

Future perfect continuous

I will have been underrating

you will have been underrating

he/she/it will have been underrating

we will have been underrating

you will have been underrating

they will have been underrating

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would underrate

you would underrate

he/she/it would underrate

we would underrate

you would underrate

they would underrate

Conditional continuous

I would be underrating

you would be underrating

he/she/it would be underrating

we would be underrating

you would be underrating

they would be underrating

Conditional perfect

I would have underrate

you would have underrate

he/she/it would have underrate

we would have underrate

you would have underrate

they would have underrate

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been underrating

you would have been underrating

he/she/it would have been underrating

we would have been underrating

you would have been underrating

they would have been underrating

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you underrate
we let´s underrate
you underrate

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to underrate

Past participle

underrated

Present Participle

underrating

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «UNDERRATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «underrate» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of underrate

belittle · discount · disparage · misprize · underestimate · undervalue

TRANSLATION OF UNDERRATE

Find out the translation of underrate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of underrate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «underrate» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 低估
• Translator English - Spanish: subestimar
• English: underrate
• Translator English - Hindi: कम आंकना
• Translator English - Arabic: نقلل
• Translator English - Russian: недооценивать
• Translator English - Portuguese: depreciar
• Translator English - Bengali: ন্যায্য অপেক্ষা কম দর দেত্তয়া
• Translator English - French: sous-estimer
• Translator English - Malay: Rendah
• Translator English - German: unterschätzen
• Translator English - Japanese: 過小評価する
• Translator English - Korean: 과소평가하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Underrate
• Translator English - Vietnamese: trị giá quá thấp
• Translator English - Tamil: குறைத்து மதி
• Translator English - Marathi: कमी किंमत
• Translator English - Turkish: küçümsemek
• Translator English - Italian: sottovalutare
• Translator English - Polish: underrate
• Translator English - Ukrainian: недооцінювати
• Translator English - Romanian: subaprecia
• Translator English - Greek: υποτιμώ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: skatte
• Translator English - Swedish: skatta
• Translator English - Norwegian: undervurdere

3 QUOTES WITH «UNDERRATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word underrate.

1

Henry Adams

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.

2

Ezra Klein

One of my big beliefs about Washington is that we highly overstate the power of individuals and highly underrate seeing Washington as a system, in general, but, in particular, we highly underrate the power of Congress.

3

Judith McNaught

I think we women underrate ourselves when it comes to our courage and strength.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERRATE»

Discover the use of underrate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to underrate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Female Leaders' 360-degree Self-perception Accuracy for ...

Other data suggests that women underrate their performance because they attribute success to external forces and their effort rather than to their own skills ( Meehan & Overton, 1986 as cited in Van Velsor, Taylor, & Leslie, 1993). There is also ...

Catherine C. Turkel, 2008

McNeill's Code. (1908 Edition)

91902 Signed under protest 91903 Pay(s) under protest 91904 Paid under protest 91905 Has (have) paid under protest 91906 Completed) under protest 91907 Has (have) completed under protest 91908 UNDERRATE(S) 91909 To underrate ...

Bedford McNeill, 1908

The Real Flavor of Love

... got married, it will still be jacked up after you get married. Unless the both of you make the necessary changes, you both will have jacked up credit. Paul says, don't overrate marriage but at the same time, he says don't underrate marriage.

Robert McGowens, 2012

Oxford Thesaurus of English

underrate. verb most of us have a tendency to underrate our own skills: undervalue, underestimate, set little store by, rate too low, not do justice to, do an injustice to, be wrong about, sell short, play down, understate, minimize, de- emphasize, ...

Maurice Waite, 2009

Journal of Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of Young ...

I don't underrate the social advantages of our rooms ; what I find fault with is that more of our members in our different towns don't spend more evenings in the rooms, making them warm, bringing the unconverted there. I wish there was an ...

Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States and British Provinces. Convention, 1889

Concrete

But now she's gone andI'm really unable to start. Atfirstit was because shewas there, and now it's because sheisn't. On the one hand we overrate other people, on the other we underrate them; and we constantly overrateand underrate ...

Thomas Bernhard, 2013

Talent Intelligence: What You Need to Know to Identify and ...

People vary significantly in the degree to which they over- or underrate themselves.Z Some people overrate greatly, and others underrate, so a big problem with self-ratings is their reliability: that their accuracy can vary greatly from one person ...

Nik Kinley, Shlomo Ben-Hur, 2013

Elites and the Idea of Equality: A Comparison of Japan, ...

attribute to them; in the case of the Buraku Liberation League the gap is quite substantial. The data are not completely unambiguous but a pattern does emerge . It is not the case that all groups underrate their own influence compared with the  ...

Sidney Verba, 1987

The Literary World

i.itercst. The "Topics of the Month," excellently well handled as usual, contain an improvement of a hint recently thrown out in the Literary World. " 1 Publishers of magazines should not underrate the intelligence of the public' This is well said ...

‎1849

Fundamental Principles of Success and Fulfillment

CHAPTER. EIGHTEEN. Never. Underrate. Any. Information. T. he power behind every information can only be appreciated by those who are able to turn this information to their success. Itisa questionofignoranceand foolishness that makes an ...

Uffoh Emmanuel O., 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDERRATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term underrate is used in the context of the following news items.

'Eagles won't underrate opponents'

“Djibouti and Swaziland need to be given the respect that they deserve and either of them that we face in the second round will not be underrated. We respect ... «SuperSport, Jul 15»

'Thou shall not underrate Tanzania'

“There is no need to underrate our opponents. We are not calling any player to reinforce the squad. We are using the same players we used in Tanzania. Should ... «Zambia Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Five reasons you'll never underrate Hombsch again

YOU voted him the most underrated player on our list: The consistent, workhorse defender and possibly the nicest bloke on the planet - Jack Hombsch. «Port Adelaide, Jul 15»

Hepatitis “B” is real do not underrate its existence

Hepatitis B is real, therefore, its affect human beings health like any other disease on earth. As a result, it kills like any other diseases that one can think of, ... «Sierra Express Media, Jul 15»

Ghanaians underrate Bisa Kdei

Great musicians in Ghana including Bisa Kdei have been underrated by his own and the reason is simple; Ghanaian's prefer noise making songs. I stand to be ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»

Pete Prisco Releases Annual Overrated and Underrated Lists

As he does every year in the time before camp starts, Pete Prisco of CBS Sports has put together his annual "Overrated" and "Underrated" lists. He took a look at ... «Daily Norseman, Jun 15»

Mururi: Chemelil will not underrate Bondo United

Speaking ahead of the encounter against Bondo United scheduled for this weekend, Mururi has revealed that he will not underrate the opponents, and he is ... «Goal.com, Jun 15»

Stereotypes mean teachers likely to underrate children over gender

A study found teachers were likely to underrate children because of their gender even when they got the same test scores as their peers. Experts said the ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»

'She-polopolo will not underrate Zimbabwe'

NATIONAL women's team assistant coach Kape Saili says Zimbabwe will not be underrated ahead of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games first round first ... «Zambia Daily Mail, May 15»

Don't underrate any team, Obuh cautions Flying Eagles

FORMER Flying Eagles coach, John Obuh, believes the national U-20 team has the pedigree to win the forthcoming FIFA Junior World Cup, which begins in ... «The Guardian Nigeria, May 15»