Meanings
noununderreaction (countable and uncountable, plural underreactions)
plural underreactions
- countableuncountableA 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
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Origin
Translations
Finnish vähättely, vähättelevä reaktio
- vähättelyTranslations
- vähättelevä reaktioTranslations
- alireaktioTranslations
German Unterreaktion, Hyporeaktion
- UnterreaktionTranslations
- HyporeaktionTranslations
- ungenügende ReaktionTranslations
Swedish underreaktion
- underreaktionTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with underreaction
actiontransactionsatisfactioninteractionreactionattractionfractionextractiontractioncontractionfactiondistractionsubtractionrefractioninfractionredactionimpactiondetractionstupefactionaerifactionalternate actionassuefactionautoextractioncongelifraction
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
underreaction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underreaction
MLA
“underreaction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underreaction. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underreaction,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underreaction.
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