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verbunderstimulate (third-person singular simple present understimulates, present participle understimulating, simple past and past participle understimulated)
present singular third person understimulates · participle present understimulating · participle past understimulated · past understimulated
- transitiveTo stimulate too little or infrequently; to provide with insufficient stimulation.
Thus, as Wing and Brown (1970) observed, an understimulating "back ward" may lead to withdrawal and a lack of external social stimulation and support.
1992, Robert Paul Liberman, Handbook of psychiatric rehabilitation
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understimulate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/understimulate
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“understimulate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/understimulate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “understimulate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/understimulate.
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