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UNAPPRECIATED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unappreciated mean?
• UNAPPRECIATED (adjective)
The adjective UNAPPRECIATED has 2 senses:
1. not likely to be rewarded
2. having value that is not acknowledged
Familiarity information: UNAPPRECIATED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not likely to be rewarded
Synonyms:
thankless; unappreciated; ungratifying
Context example:
grading papers is a thankless task
Similar:
unrewarding (not rewarding; not providing personal satisfaction)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having value that is not acknowledged
Synonyms:
unappreciated; unsung; unvalued
Similar:
unacknowledged (not recognized or admitted)
Context examples
“Go on, my dear Sir! You are not unknown here, you are not unappreciated. Though “remote”, we are neither “unfriended”, “melancholy”, nor (I may add) “slow”.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
National Institutes of Health and Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists identified a previously unappreciated role for the soft palate during research to better understand how influenza (flu) viruses acquire the ability to move efficiently between people.
(Researchers find role for soft palate in adaptation of transmissible influenza viruses, NIH)
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