be taken for granted

1. To be considered innately true, real, or correct; to be anticipated as always being available or at hand. The plenitude of our natural resources has been taken for granted by people for most of human history. I guess we had taken for granted that our kids would stick around this town and take care of us when we get older.

2. To be underestimated or undervalued; to not be properly appreciated or recognized. I've decided to go out and start my own business, because I'm sick of being taken for granted in this huge corporation.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ascelin	-	Ancient Germanic
Bert	BURT (English), BERT (German, Dutch)	English, German, Dutch
Siegward	-	German
Karin	KAH-rin (Swedish, German, Dutch), KAH-reen (Finnish), KER-ən (English), KAR-ən (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Finnish, English
Ilmari	EEL-mah-ree	Finnish
Julia	JOO-lee-ə (English), YOO-lee-ah (German, Swedish, Danish, Finnish), HOO-lyah (Spanish), YUWL-yah (Polish), YOO-lee-yah (Russian), YOO:-lee-ah (Ancient Roman)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, An