"underreaction" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: underreactions [plural]
Etymology: From under- + reaction. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|reaction}} under- + reaction Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} underreaction (countable and uncountable, plural underreactions)
  1. A reaction that is inadequate or insufficient. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Translations): vähättely (Finnish), vähättelevä reaktio (Finnish), alireaktio (Finnish), Unterreaktion [feminine] (German), Hyporeaktion [feminine] (German), ungenügende Reaktion [feminine] (German), underreaktion [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "vähättely"
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          "word": "vähättelevä reaktio"
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