Underattention

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Insufficient attention. uncountable

    "Underattention may derive from a lack of urgency on the leader's part, a sense that it is not crucial that the group come to grips with the feelings involved."

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"Underattention may derive from a lack of urgency on the leader's part, a sense that it is not crucial that the group come to grips with the feelings involved."

Etymology

From under- + attention.

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