Undermined vs Underrated - What's the difference?
undermined | underrated |
(undermine)
To dig underneath (something), to make a passage or for destructive or military purposes; to sap.
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 312:
(figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 19, author=Josh Halliday, work=the Guardian
, title= Not given enough recognition for its quality
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(underrate)
As verbs the difference between undermined and underrated
is that undermined is past tense of undermine while underrated is past tense of underrate.As an adjective underrated is
not given enough recognition for its quality.undermined
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Verb
(head)undermine
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Verb
(undermin)- Martin, for instance, had on one occasion undermined a tree sacred to old gods, then stood in the path of its fall, but forced it to fall elsewhere by making the sign of the Cross.
Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?, passage=The growing use of social media to spread anger and dissent in the Arab world has been hailed by western governments as one of the chief justifications for a completely unfettered internet. The US is reportedly funding the secret rollout of technology in Iran in an effort to undermine internet censors in the country.}}
Antonyms
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Adjective
(en adjective)Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian , 18 October 2014:
- Koeman identified Southampton’s third as their finest goal of the game. Jack Cork, the most underrated player at a much-lauded club, swept the ball out wide to Tadic, who waited for Cork to run to the back post before chipping the ball across to him to slam in a deserved goal from close range, despite an attempted block by Vito Mannone.