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underconcern en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From under- + concern.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) An insufficient amount of concern.
    • It means planning within a framework which can allow the values of the community to develop independently without being curtailed too sharply by rigid architectural design, over- or underconcern with market conditions, and so forth. 1963, Severyn Ten Haut Bruyn, Communities in Action: Pattern and Process, page 8:
    • In psychiatry, the danger of overconcern with biological rhythms is probably dwarfed by the danger of underconcern. 1982, Salvatore J. Garzino, The Rhythm Factor in Human Behavior:
    • This interesting combination of what Weber (2010) describes as general underconcern and greater volatility of climate change risk perceptions exacerbates the difficulties of getting everyone on the same page regarding what ought to be done. 2015, Lawrence Susskind, Danya Rumore, Carri Hulet, Managing Climate Risks in Coastal Communities, →ISBN: