under-accommodate

Verb

under-accommodate (third-person singular simple present under-accommodates, present participle under-accommodating, simple past and past participle under-accommodated)

1. To adjust the focal point of the eye so that the image of the target falls short of the retina.
   • The mean refractive error at six metres for the subjects was !-0.14D. and so the average total accommodation exerted was (0.14 + 2.51) 2.65D. for a dioptric distance of 3.0D. Thus, all of the observers under-accommodated for the near fixation distance when white light was used.1963, British journal of physiological optics
   • When Cegalis measured accommodative responses to changes in convergence distance caused by ophthalmic prisms, he found that although subjects initially under-accommodated the target, they quickly adapted for near target distances, with no significant after-effects.1996, Mark T. Bolas, Scott S. Fisher, John O. Merritt -, Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems, →ISBN
2. To inadequately accommodate; to fail to make enough adjustments or allowances to meet another's needs.
   • It is her job to neither over-accommodate nor under-accommodate the employees' needs.2003, Labour arbitration cases, page 422
   • Maintenance can occur when individuals resist change in communication. Physicians who believe that there is nothing that they can do if a cure is not possible may under-accommodate to patients with disabilities by indicating uneasiness, avoidance, and low rapport.2012, Howard Giles, The Handbook of Intergroup Communication, →ISBN, page 254