underrecognize
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To grant less recognition to (something) than appropriate.
Example Sentences
- "Because of these difficulties, he added, “its outstanding gold reserves were being underrecognized by the market.”"
- "There is evidence that healthcare professionals often underrecognise the frequency and severity of symptoms experienced by this group of patients (Cox et al. 2017), and that early identification and management of symptoms ought to be integrated into routine care (Almutary et al. 2016b)."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English cognize English recognize English underrecognize From under- + recognize.
Inflected Forms
underrecognizes (present, singular)
underrecognizing (participle, present)
underrecognized (participle, past)
underrecognized (past)
underrecognise (alternative)
under-recognize (alternative)
under-recognise (alternative)