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Webster 1913 Edition


Misvalue

Mis-val′ue

,
Verb.
T.
To value wrongly or too little; to undervalue.
But for I am so young, I dread my work
Wot be
misvalued
both of old and young.
W. Browne.

Definition 2024


misvalue

misvalue

English

Verb

misvalue (third-person singular simple present misvalues, present participle misvaluing, simple past and past participle misvalued)

  1. (transitive) To value wrongly: to misjudge the value of.
    • 1994, Sheldon Saul Richmond, Aesthetic Criteria: Gombrich and the Philosophies of Science of Popper and Polanyi, Rodopi, ISBN 905183618X, page 59,
      Gombrich generalizes his argument: all norms of progress misvalue art by over-rating their own achievement, under-rating other styles, and by viewing previous styles as precursors to their own work.