misprize

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The only word that's out of place is "misprize," meaning "to undervalue."

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  1. transitive verb To despise.
  2. transitive verb To undervalue.

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  1. Also misprise; from Old French mesprise (French méprise), a mistake, from mespris, past participle of mesprendre (French méprendre), be mistaken, from mes- + prendre, from Latin prehendere, prendere, take: see mis- and prize, n.
  2. Formerly also misprise; from misprize, n.
  3. Also misprise; from Old French mespriser (French mépriser = Spanish menospreciar = Portuguese menosprezar), despise, from mes- + priser, prize, value: see misand prize.
  4. from misprize, v.
 

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/mɪsˈpraɪz/
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