underrecognize

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verb

To grant less recognition to (something) than appropriate.

Scrabble 27

Meanings

verbunderrecognize (third-person singular simple present underrecognizes, present participle underrecognizing, simple past and past participle underrecognized)

present singular third person underrecognizes · participle present underrecognizing · participle past underrecognized · past underrecognized · alternative underrecognise · alternative under-recognize · alternative under-recognise

  1. To grant less recognition to (something) than appropriate.

    Because of these difficulties, he added, “its outstanding gold reserves were being underrecognized by the market.”

    2007 January 7, Carole Gould, “Three Philosophies, Three Big Gains”, in The New York Times
    1 more example

    There is evidence that healthcare professionals often underrecognise the frequency and severity of symptoms experienced by this group of patients (Cox et al. 2017), and that early identification and management of symptoms ought to be integrated into routine care (Almutary et al. 2016b).

    2020 December, Sita Sharma, Theresa Green, Kimberly E. Alexander, Ann Bonner, “Educational or behavioural interventions for symptoms and health-related quality of life in adults receiving haemodialysis: A systematic review”, in Journal of Renal Care, volume 46, number 4, →DOI, page 234

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Proto-Italic*wre-
  13. Latinre-
  14. Old Frenchre-
  15. Middle Englishre-
  16. Englishre-
  17. Englishcognize
  18. Englishrecognize
  19. Englishunderrecognize

From under- + recognize.

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Chicago

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