underrank

English

Etymology

under- +‎ rank

Verb

underrank (third-person singular simple present underranks, present participle underranking, simple past and past participle underranked)

1. (transitive) To rank lower than.

   In the military, a private underranks a colonel.

2. (transitive) To ascribe too low a rank to.

   Embarrassingly, I underranked the colonel by addressing him as "private".