underreact
Americanverb (used without object)
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These earnings beats appear to be more of a surprise, and because investors tend to cling to their prior beliefs, they underreact to the unexpectedly good news.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
Doves think the current situation bears little resemblance to 2021-22 and fret that the Fed will underreact to labor-market slowing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
“We don’t ever want to overreact, but we also don’t want to underreact or be reactive either,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 1, 2022
In short, the lack of contact tracing guarantees that Americans — collectively and individually — will both overreact and underreact to the virus, because we don't have the information we need to react appropriately.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2020
But I noticed that I underreact in a similar way, in a lot of situations.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2016
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