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underreact definition

under·re·act (-rē akt′)

intransitive verb

to react with less emotion, force, or intensity than is appropriate or expected

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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