underresponsive

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adjective

Insufficiently responsive.

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Meanings

adjectiveunderresponsive (comparative more underresponsive, superlative most underresponsive)

comparative more underresponsive · superlative most underresponsive

  1. Insufficiently responsive.

    “Piedmont is a facility that was understaffed and underresponsive to clear medical needs,” Mr. Jawetz said.

    2009 January 28, Nina Bernstein, “Another Detention Death, and Mounting Questions”, in New York Times

Origin

From under- + responsive.

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APA

underresponsive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underresponsive

MLA

“underresponsive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underresponsive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underresponsive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underresponsive.

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