Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

under-attend

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables: un-der--at-tend
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of underattend.

Example Sentences

"Yet, the weight of evidence is that consumers will under-attend to these considerations, perpetuating a positive assessment bias."
"They under-attend to culture and do not account for its pervasive force in their change strategies."
"According to the punctuated equilibrium theory, both political actors and institutions have a tendency to over-attend to some information or policy issues and under-attend to others."

Inflected Forms

under-attends (present, singular) under-attending (participle, present) under-attended (participle, past) under-attended (past)

Questions

What does under-attend mean?: Alternative form of underattend.

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