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underattending

underattending is the present participle and gerund of underattend.

Meaning of underattend

Verb

underattend (third-person singular simple present underattends, present participle underattending, simple past and past participle underattended)

  1. To pay too little attention to.
    • A few use more drugs than we wish to know; most are wonderful parents but some underattend to their children well beyond neglect.1998, Geoffrey Shacklock, John Smyth, Being Reflexive in Critical Educational and Social Research, →ISBN, page 20

Questions about underattending

What is underattending the present participle and gerund of?
Underattending is the present participle and gerund of underattend.

Words near underattending in the dictionary

  1. underated
  2. underattainment
  3. underattend
  4. underattendance
  5. underattended
  6. underattending
  7. underattends
  8. underattention
  9. underattenuation
  10. underattribute
  11. underattributed

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