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under-accommodates

under-accommodates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of under-accommodate.

Meaning of 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
  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

Questions about under-accommodates

What is under-accommodates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Under-accommodates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of under-accommodate.

Words near under-accommodates in the dictionary

  1. under weigh
  2. under wraps
  3. under-
  4. under-accommodate
  5. under-accommodated
  6. under-accommodates
  7. under-accommodating
  8. under-accommodation
  9. under-approximate
  10. under-approximated
  11. under-approximates

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