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underreacting

underreacting is the present participle and gerund of underreact.

Meaning of underreact

Verb

underreact (third-person singular simple present underreacts, present participle underreacting, simple past and past participle underreacted)

  1. (intransitive) To react inadequately.
    • “Investors tend to underreact to positive fundamental change,” said Horacio Valeiras, chief investment officer of Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management.2009 October 11, Conrad De Aenlle, “When Emotions Move the Markets”, in New York Times

Questions about underreacting

What is underreacting the present participle and gerund of?
Underreacting is the present participle and gerund of underreact.

Words near underreacting in the dictionary

  1. underreached
  2. underreaches
  3. underreaching
  4. underreact
  5. underreacted
  6. underreacting
  7. underreaction
  8. underreactions
  9. underreactive
  10. underreactor
  11. underreactors

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