under-accommodate
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
7
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To adjust the focal point of the eye so that the image of the target falls short of the retina.
verb
To inadequately accommodate; to fail to make enough adjustments or allowances to meet another's needs.
Example Sentences
- "The mean refractive error at six metres for the subjects was !-0.14D. and so the average total accommodation exerted was (0.14 + 2.51) 2.65D. for a dioptric distance of 3.0D. Thus, all of the observers under-accommodated for the near fixation distance when white light was used."
- "When Cegalis measured accommodative responses to changes in convergence distance caused by ophthalmic prisms, he found that although subjects initially under-accommodated the target, they quickly adapted for near target distances, with no significant after-effects."
- "We have reported that defective accommodation is common in children with Down syndrome" even at 3 months of age;" that is, the children under-accommodate for near targets."
- "It is her job to neither over-accommodate nor under-accommodate the employees' needs."
- "Maintenance can occur when individuals resist change in communication. Physicians who believe that there is nothing that they can do if a cure is not possible may under-accommodate to patients with disabilities by indicating uneasiness, avoidance, and low rapport."
- "Older adults are also found to under-accommodate young people's needs by being overly nurturing, disapproving their behaviors, or not listening."