understimulated
understimulated is the simple past and past participle of understimulate.
Meaning of understimulate
Verb
understimulate (third-person singular simple present understimulates, present participle understimulating, simple past and past participle understimulated)
- 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
Adjective
understimulated (comparative more understimulated, superlative most understimulated)
- Provided with insufficient stimulation.
- I was severely understimulated. I had no idea what white children did to occupy themselves.2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 332
Forms of understimulated
| comparative | more understimulated |
|---|---|
| superlative | most understimulated |
Origin of understimulated
From understimulate + -ed.
Questions about understimulated
- What does understimulated mean?
- Understimulated means provided with insufficient stimulation.
- What is understimulated the simple past and past participle of?
- Understimulated is the simple past and past participle of understimulate.
- What part of speech is understimulated?
- Understimulated is an adjective.
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