underaccommodate

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