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Meaning of "underreact" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNDERREACT

underreact  [ˌʌndəriːˈækt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDERREACT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Underreact is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb underreact in English.

WHAT DOES UNDERREACT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of underreact in the English dictionary

The definition of underreact in the dictionary is to react with less intensity than is expected or is suitable.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UNDERREACT

PRESENT

Present
I underreact
you underreact
he/she/it underreacts
we underreact
you underreact
they underreact
Present continuous
I am underreacting
you are underreacting
he/she/it is underreacting
we are underreacting
you are underreacting
they are underreacting
Present perfect
I have underreacted
you have underreacted
he/she/it has underreacted
we have underreacted
you have underreacted
they have underreacted
Present perfect continuous
I have been underreacting
you have been underreacting
he/she/it has been underreacting
we have been underreacting
you have been underreacting
they have been underreacting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I underreacted
you underreacted
he/she/it underreacted
we underreacted
you underreacted
they underreacted
Past continuous
I was underreacting
you were underreacting
he/she/it was underreacting
we were underreacting
you were underreacting
they were underreacting
Past perfect
I had underreacted
you had underreacted
he/she/it had underreacted
we had underreacted
you had underreacted
they had underreacted
Past perfect continuous
I had been underreacting
you had been underreacting
he/she/it had been underreacting
we had been underreacting
you had been underreacting
they had been underreacting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will underreact
you will underreact
he/she/it will underreact
we will underreact
you will underreact
they will underreact
Future continuous
I will be underreacting
you will be underreacting
he/she/it will be underreacting
we will be underreacting
you will be underreacting
they will be underreacting
Future perfect
I will have underreacted
you will have underreacted
he/she/it will have underreacted
we will have underreacted
you will have underreacted
they will have underreacted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been underreacting
you will have been underreacting
he/she/it will have been underreacting
we will have been underreacting
you will have been underreacting
they will have been underreacting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would underreact
you would underreact
he/she/it would underreact
we would underreact
you would underreact
they would underreact
Conditional continuous
I would be underreacting
you would be underreacting
he/she/it would be underreacting
we would be underreacting
you would be underreacting
they would be underreacting
Conditional perfect
I would have underreact
you would have underreact
he/she/it would have underreact
we would have underreact
you would have underreact
they would have underreact
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been underreacting
you would have been underreacting
he/she/it would have been underreacting
we would have been underreacting
you would have been underreacting
they would have been underreacting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you underreact
we let´s underreact
you underreact
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to underreact
Past participle
underreacted
Present Participle
underreacting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNDERREACT


abreact
ˌæbrɪˈækt
coact
kəʊˈækt
coenact
ˌkəʊɪnˈækt
counteract
ˌkaʊntərˈækt
enact
ɪnˈækt
interact
ˌɪntərˈækt
misact
ˌmɪsˈækt
outact
ˌaʊtˈækt
overact
ˌəʊvərˈækt
overreact
ˌəʊvərɪˈækt
preact
priːˈækt
preenact
ˌpriːɪnˈækt
re-act
riːˈækt
react
rɪˈækt
subact
sʌbˈækt
underact
ˌʌndərˈækt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNDERREACT

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WORDS THAT END LIKE UNDERREACT

act
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before the fact
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compact
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fact
impact
in the abstract
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tract

Synonyms and antonyms of underreact in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «underreact» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNDERREACT

Find out the translation of underreact to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of underreact from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «underreact» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

反应不足
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

no reaccionar
570 millions of speakers

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underreact
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Underreact
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underreact
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Translator English - Tamil

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Translator English - Marathi

विषमता
75 millions of speakers

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Translator English - Greek

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Translator English - Afrikaans

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Translator English - Swedish

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Translator English - Norwegian

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Trends of use of underreact

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERREACT»

The term «underreact» is used very little and occupies the 181.555 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERREACT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «underreact» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «underreact» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about underreact

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERREACT»

Discover the use of underreact in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to underreact and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Advances in Behavioral Finance
Though the causes of partial and gradual adjustment to earnings news are not clear, there is evidence that analysts underreact to recent earnings changes in predicting future earnings. Mendenhall (1991) shows that Value Line quarterly ...
Richard H. Thaler, 1993
2
No News is News: Do Markets Underreact to Nothing?
As illustrated in the tale of "the dog that did not bark," the absence of news and the passage of time often contain information.
Stefano Giglio, Kelly Shue, 2013
3
Beyond the Random Walk: A Guide to Stock Market Anomalies ...
Thus, according to models of behavioral finance, investors will overreact to a string of good news and to a string of bad news but underreact to initial good news or bad news. The underreaction/overreaction phenomenon can be explained in ...
Vijay Singal, 2006
4
How to Mess Up Your Child's Life: Proven Strategies & ...
MESS-UP. STRATEGY. #3: UNDERREACT. For those who can't quite bring themselves to treat sex as totally taboo, it is equally effective to use the other extreme. Rather than overreact to all sexuality, underreact to all dangers. This is ...
Olivia Bruner, Kurt Bruner, 2009
5
Rescue Your Love Life: Changing Those Dumb Attitudes & ...
How. to. Underreact. to. Overreactions. One of you gets a little peeved about some ordinary matter and says something like, “It really bugs me that you don't listen to me.” The other partner reacts by exploding in rage, hurt, or both, in a manner ...
Henry Cloud, John Townsend, 2009
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Analysts' Earnings Forecasting Activities Around Insider ...
underreact to the persistence of earnings surprises from time-series models ( Abarbanell and Bernard [1992]) and to past price changes (Abarbanell [1991]). If analysts underreact to earnings-related information, they may also underreact to  ...
Xin Wang, 2006
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Overreaction of Underreaction? A Reexamination of the ...
like investors, underreact to accruals and underreact to cash flows even more in their forecasts of future firm performance. The challenge presented by the findings in this paper is to explain why investors and analysts appear to underreact to ...
Yong Yu, 2006
8
Trading on Corporate Earnings News: Profiting from Targeted, ...
Specifically, analysts have been found to not fully impound—that is, they've been found to underreact to—certain types of information into their forecasts. For instance, a study by Mendenhall (1991) found that, when analysts forecast future  ...
John Shon, Ping Zhou, 2011
9
Magnetic Partners: Discover How the Hidden Conflict That ...
You may be more likely to underreact in this situation if you suffer from sexual performance anxiety or have a physical problem that seriously affects your sexual prowess. Why complain and stir up more trouble when you can hide from even ...
Stephen Betchen, 2010
10
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Men: Simple Ways to Minimize ...
72. UNDERREACT. Most menhaveprobablyheardof“overreaction” and most of us do justthat,sometimesmanytimesaday. Yet my guess is that most of us feel that to do so isn't a good thing. When we overreact, we are blowing something out of ...
Richard Carlson, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDERREACT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term underreact is used in the context of the following news items.
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Behavioral mutual funds mostly misbehave
... explained the investment philosophy in marketing materials: Investors might overreact to old, negative news and underreact to new, positive information about ... «OregonLive.com, Aug 15»
2
Questions linger about background of former UC officer accused of …
DO YOU OVERREACT, UNDERREACT. RAY TENSING WAS ASKED SIMILAR QUESTIONS FOR THE JOB. HE RECEIVED GENERALLY FAVORABLE ... «WLWT Cincinnati, Jul 15»
3
Empire State Development CEO on Welch Allyn deal: State won't …
"We don't overreact in terms of imagining the sky is falling and we won't underreact and assume everything is hunky-dory," he said. "We'll be in touch with them, ... «Syracuse.com, Jun 15»
4
The Golf Whisperer
Underreact to everything. Be patient with yourself but impatient with the limits others place on you. Surround yourself with positive people. Do what you love and ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
5
Sugary Drinks Could Reduce Stress Levels In Women
"The results suggest differences in dietary habits may explain why some people underreact to stressful situations and others overreact," Laugero said. "Although ... «Headlines & Global News, Apr 15»
6
Highlights from this week's Investors Chronicle
Part of the explanation is that investors underreact. We stick too strongly to our prior beliefs in the face of information which undermines them. Once we've ... «Financial Times, Apr 15»
7
Nicolle Wallace Downplays Hillary's E-Mail Issues as 'Media Problem'
The segment began with moderator George Stephanopoulos noting “[g]enerally at the beginning the Clintons underreact, they hunker down, their critics and the ... «NewsBusters, Mar 15»
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Defence minister says more homegrown jihadist terror attacks possible
Kenney, who took over from Rob Nicholson earlier this month, says the country "shouldn't overreact to this threat, nor should we underreact." Debate over the ... «CTV News, Feb 15»
9
Stephen Harper says jihadist terrorism 'seeks to harm us here'
But neither will we underreact, because the big picture ... is very worrisome,” Harper told the crowd in a high school gym in suburban Ottawa. In October 2014 ... «Toronto Star, Jan 15»
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Canadians can't return to their false sense of security
And I am fearful that we will be so Canadian that we will underreact and not change, but rather return to our vulnerable selves. Of course, I do not want to see the ... «The Globe and Mail, Oct 14»

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