Underthink

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To give insufficient thought or consideration to; fail to consider adequately.

    "There was a new one; usually, I underthink these things."

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"There was a new one; usually, I underthink these things."

Etymology

From under- + think. Compare Old English underþenċan (“to look into, consider”).

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