underappreciated
adjective
un·der·ap·pre·ci·at·ed
ˌən-dər-ə-ˈprē-shē-ˌā-təd 
: not duly appreciated
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Her work is underappreciated by the critics.
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Welcome to an essential but largely overlooked — and underappreciated — task required to get a college football team’s gear from here to there for game day.
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
Parents can also end up feeling isolated, underappreciated, and suffering from low self-esteem and reduced personal motivation.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 10 Oct. 2025
Experiencing secondary trauma is an often-underappreciated dynamic of doing field research.
—Christopher P. Davey, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025
But student housing represented a clear, underappreciated opportunity.
—David J. Adelman, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
Parents can also end up feeling isolated, underappreciated, and suffering from low self-esteem and reduced personal motivation.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 10 Oct. 2025
Experiencing secondary trauma is an often-underappreciated dynamic of doing field research.
—Christopher P. Davey, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025
But student housing represented a clear, underappreciated opportunity.
—David J. Adelman, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Underappreciated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underappreciated. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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