undervaluing
present participle ofundervalue
| 单词 | undervaluing |
| 释义 | undervaluing present participle ofundervalue undervalue verb[T] uk/ˌʌn.dəˈvæl.juː/us/ˌʌn.dɚˈvæl.juː/toconsidersomeone or something as lessvaluableorimportantthan he, she, or it really is: Thecompanyhad undervalued thebuildingby£20,000. Hefeltundervalued andunderpaid. Opposite overvalue Analysing and evaluating
Examplesofundervaluingundervaluing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This has led to an overvaluing of the external and the material, and to anundervaluingof the intellectual and the spiritual. From theCambridge English Corpus This pattern contributes to gender inequality and toundervaluingcare as a marginal activity, hidden in private life. From theCambridge English Corpus And that implication is likely to lead to theundervaluingof non-human interests. From theCambridge English Corpus The apparent bias in this approach towardsundervaluingimpacts on the poor might not matter in relatively egalitarian economies, but is likely to be significant where high income inequalities exist. From theCambridge English Corpus Let us not compound that error byundervaluingbiogas. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English It suggests that we are stillundervaluingour capacity to produce more of our own timber. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been effective in providing legal protection against pay discrimination but also in challenging the culture ofundervaluingwomen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am notundervaluingtheir influence, but that is what, they are from a legal point of view. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I suspect that in saying that he may well beundervaluingthe crucial role of leadership in any organisation or project. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To give way to any appearance ofundervaluingthe unique dignity of each human being would be gravely to damage the support of scientific research. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a measure of the potentialundervaluingof the company. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is aboutundervaluinggirls—those girls would live if they were valued. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is not only depriving the maintained sector of funds; he is damaging morale byundervaluingthe education that it provides. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We should strike a balance between concern for the obvious difficulties of the situation and notundervaluingwhat is being done now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That figure represents a considerableundervaluingof the substantial benefit of a price-protected pension during the last few years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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