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underreactions

underreactions is the plural of underreaction.

Meaning of underreaction

Noun

underreaction (countable and uncountable, plural underreactions)

  1. A reaction that is inadequate or insufficient.
    • If there was no consensus on tapabocas, I thought I might at least find a safe midpoint between overreactions and underreactions.2009 May 24, Colleen Kinder, “Unmasked”, in New York Times

Questions about underreactions

What is underreactions the plural of?
Underreactions is the plural of underreaction.

Words near underreactions in the dictionary

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

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