Underattend

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To pay too little attention to.

    "A few use more drugs than we wish to know; most are wonderful parents but some underattend to their children well beyond neglect."

Example

More examples

"A few use more drugs than we wish to know; most are wonderful parents but some underattend to their children well beyond neglect."

Etymology

From under- + attend.

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