understimulate

understimulate verb: to stimulate too little or infrequently; to provide with insufficient stimulation.

Verb

understimulate (third-person singular simple present understimulates, present participle understimulating, simple past and past participle understimulated)

(transitive) To stimulate too little or infrequently; to provide with insufficient stimulation.
- Thus, as Wing and Brown (1970) observed, an understimulating "back ward" may lead to withdrawal and a lack of external social stimulation and support.1992, Robert Paul Liberman, Handbook of psychiatric rehabilitation

খুব কম, কদাচিৎ উদ্দীপিত করা, অপর্যাপ্ত উদ্দীপনা প্রদান করা

third-person singular present	understimulates
present participle	understimulating
past participle	understimulated
past	understimulated

From under- + stimulate.

What does understimulate mean?: Understimulate means to stimulate too little or infrequently; to provide with insufficient stimulation.
What is understimulate in Bengali?: Understimulate in Bengali is খুব কম, কদাচিৎ উদ্দীপিত করা, অপর্যাপ্ত উদ্দীপনা প্রদান করা. See Understimulate meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is understimulate?: Understimulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of understimulate?: The past tense of understimulate is understimulated.

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