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underattention

noun

Etymology

From under- + attention.

  1. derived from attentio
  2. inherited from attencioun
  3. prefixed as underattention — “under + attention”

Definitions

  1. Insufficient attention.

    • 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.
    • Respondents do not pay enough attention to the ranges given, the differences between one end and the other of each dimension. Keeney (1992, p. 147) calls underattention to range “the most common critical mistake.”
    • The solution to the problem of underattention is obvious: corporations need to develop and report to the board metrics that accurately report on their ability to perform and on the condition of their talent.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for underattention. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA