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underreact en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˌʌnd.əɹ.ɹiˈækt/ (General-American)
  • /ˌʌndəɹiˈækt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From under- + react.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To react inadequately.
    • “Investors tend to underreact to positive fundamental change,” said Horacio Valeiras, chief investment officer of Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management. 2009 October 11, Conrad De Aenlle, “When Emotions Move the Markets”, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
underreacted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
underreacted Tense=Past lexicographic
underreacts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
underreacting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

underreactor

Relateds

underreaction