understimulate en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From under- + stimulate.
Meanings
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(transitive) To stimulate too little or infrequently; to provide with insufficient stimulation.
Thus, as Wing and Brown (1970) observed, an understimulating "back ward" may lead to withdrawal and a lack of external social stimulation and support.
1992, Robert Paul Liberman, Handbook of psychiatric rehabilitation:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| understimulating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| understimulated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| understimulated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| understimulates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |