Understimulate

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To stimulate too little or infrequently; to provide with insufficient stimulation. transitive

    "Thus, as Wing and Brown (1970) observed, an understimulating "back ward" may lead to withdrawal and a lack of external social stimulation and support."

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"Thus, as Wing and Brown (1970) observed, an understimulating "back ward" may lead to withdrawal and a lack of external social stimulation and support."

Etymology

From under- + stimulate.

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