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unappreciated

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH2 N AH0 P R IY1 SH IY0 EY2 T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Not deemed to have any value, valueless, worthless, not appreciated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: good-for-nothing, two-bit, misprised, unprized, bastardly, blown, cacky, chaffy, cocking, crapalicious, cruddy, cullionly, draffish, draffy, dreckish, drecky, duffing, floccinaucinihilipilificatious, for the birds, fucking, garbagey, good-for-naught, goodless, ineffectual, invaluable, jabberwocky, junky, mouldy, mucid, naughty, no-account, no good / no-good, nonvaluable, not worth a damn, not worth a dime, not worth a plug nickel, not worth a brass farthing, not worth a cent, not worth a cress, not worth a curse, not worth a Continental, not worth a farthing, not worth hell room, not worth a nickel, not worth a penny, not worth salt, not worth a whistle, nought, of no value, pissass, punk, putid, rubbishly, rubbishy, sixpenny, scabbed, screwy, scummy, shand, shit, shitey, shitstained, shitty-ass, sorry-ass, strawlike, suckworthy, tenth-rate, toshy, trinkety, triobolar, tripy, unappreciated, unvaluable, vain, valueless, worthless, worth nothing, wutless

Antonyms: none provided

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adj

Meaning 2

Not having risen in value

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

having value that is not acknowledged

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unsung, unvalued

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

not likely to be rewarded

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • grading papers is a thankless task

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: thankless, ungratifying

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English appreciated English unappreciated From un- + appreciated.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: nicht wertgeschätzt — not deemed to have any value
  • German: nicht geschätzt — not deemed to have any value
  • German: wertlos — not deemed to have any value
  • Plautdietsch: onjeschazt — not deemed to have any value