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underconcern

underconcern noun: an insufficient amount of concern.

Noun

underconcern (uncountable)

  1. An insufficient amount of concern.
    • It means planning within a framework which can allow the values of the community to develop independently without being curtailed too sharply by rigid architectural design, over- or underconcern with market conditions, and so forth.1963, Severyn Ten Haut Bruyn, Communities in Action: Pattern and Process, page 8
    • In psychiatry, the danger of overconcern with biological rhythms is probably dwarfed by the danger of underconcern.1982, Salvatore J. Garzino, The Rhythm Factor in Human Behavior

Origin of underconcern

From under- + concern.

Questions about underconcern

What does underconcern mean?
Underconcern means an insufficient amount of concern.
What part of speech is underconcern?
Underconcern is a noun.

Words near underconcern in the dictionary

  1. undercompetence
  2. undercomplete
  3. undercompliance
  4. undercompressive
  5. underconceptualised
  6. underconcern
  7. underconcerned
  8. undercondensation
  9. undercondensations
  10. undercondensed
  11. underconditioned

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