under-attend

A form of underattend — To pay too little attention to.

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Meanings

verbunder-attend (third-person singular simple present under-attends, present participle under-attending, simple past and past participle under-attended)

present singular third person under-attends · participle present under-attending · participle past under-attended · past under-attended

  1. alternativeAlternative form of underattend.

    They under-attend to culture and do not account for its pervasive force in their change strategies.

    2010, Linda Ackerman Anderson, Dean Anderson, The Change Leader's Roadmap, →ISBN
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    Yet, the weight of evidence is that consumers will under-attend to these considerations, perpetuating a positive assessment bias.

    2007, Rami Zwick, Amnon Rapoport, Experimental Business Research, →ISBN

    According to the punctuated equilibrium theory, both political actors and institutions have a tendency to over-attend to some information or policy issues and under-attend to others.

    2013, Raymond J. La Raja, New Directions in American Politics, →ISBN, page 52
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APA

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MLA

“under-attend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/under-attend. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “under-attend,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/under-attend.

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