underrecognize
To grant less recognition to (something) than appropriate.
Verb
- To grant less recognition to (something) than appropriate.
- Because of these difficulties, he added, “its outstanding gold reserves were being underrecognized by the market.” - 2007 January 7, Carole Gould, “Three Philosophies, Three Big Gains”, in The New York Times:
- 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...
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér 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.
Forms
underrecognizes underrecognizing underrecognized underrecognise under-recognize under-recognise