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underrecognize en · VERB

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English cognize English recognize English underrecognize From under- + recognize.

Meanings

1. To grant less recognition to (something) than appropriate.
   • Because of these difficulties, he added, “its outstanding gold reserves were being underrecognized by the market.” 2007 January 7, Carole Gould, “Three Philosophies, Three Big Gains”, in The New York Times:
   • There is evidence that healthcare professionals often underrecognise the frequency and severity of symptoms experienced by this group of patients (Cox et al. 2017), and that early identification and management of symptoms ought to be integrated into routine care (Almutary et al. 2016b). 2020 December, Sita Sharma, Theresa Green, Kimberly E. Alexander, Ann Bonner, “Educational or behavioural interventions for symptoms and health-related quality of life in adults receiving haemodialysis: A systematic review”, in Journal of Renal Care, volume 46, number 4, →DOI, page 234:

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