Usually means: Respond with insufficient intensity or emotion.
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  1. underreact: Merriam-Webster
  2. underreact: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. underreact: Collins English Dictionary
  4. underreact: Wiktionary
  5. underreact: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. underreact: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. underreact: Dictionary.com
  8. underreact: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ verb:  (intransitive) To react inadequately.

Similar:
underrespond, underexaggerate, underfunction, underfeel, underdo, underreach, underinflate, underdefend, underdramatize, underprovide, more...

Opposite:
overreact, react excessively, hyperreact

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Similar:
underrespond, underexaggerate, underfunction, underfeel, underdo, underreach, underinflate, underdefend, underdramatize, underprovide, more...

Opposite:
overreact, react excessively, hyperreact



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