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Discover Ludwig"underreact" is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it to describe a situation in which someone has not responded as strongly or intensely as would be expected. For example, "He only expressed mild frustration when he found out his car had been stolen - it was as if he was underreacting to the situation."
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underreact
verb
To react inadequately.
Exact(11)
We will almost certainly overreact or underreact — most likely both.
"You don't want to underreact," Mr. Puig said.
If they underreact, and the risks from Greece and the debt negotiations in the United States are not resolved, they suffer another big loss.
Thus far this season, City Hall has shown that it can underreact to a blizzard and overreact to a mild dusting of snow.
And you don't want to underreact".
Or the parents will underreact.
Similar(19)
They were instead recognising existing loans in deference to the regulator's instructions.The central bank may have both overreacted to the June lending figures, therefore, and then underreacted to the subsequent cash crunch.
Monetary policy appears to have consistently underreacted to weak demand delivering too little stimulus with too long a lag.
I think the Fed overreacted to inflation in the late 1990s and underreacted to economic weakness in 2001, but by 2002 the American economy was in somewhat uncomfortable territory, facing a slow recovery, low inflation, and a federal funds rate target not much above zero.
If anything, the government underreacted.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com