Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underrecognition

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-recog-ni-tion
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Failure to recognise (e.g. a disease from its symptoms) often enough.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Time pressures reported by clinicians in providing comprehensive care for adolescents, 13, 14 complexities of classifying BP percentiles, and the need to review several previous BP measurements to diagnose HTN all clearly contribute to underrecognition."

Etymology

From under- + recognition.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does underrecognition mean?: Failure to recognise (e.g. a disease from its symptoms) often enough.
Where does underrecognition come from?: From under- + recognition.

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