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verbunderreact (third-person singular simple present underreacts, present participle underreacting, simple past and past participle underreacted)
present singular third person underreacts · participle present underreacting · participle past underreacted · past underreacted
- intransitiveTo 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
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underreact. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underreact
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