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understimulate

verb

Etymology

From under- + stimulate.

  1. borrowed from stimulātus
  2. prefixed as understimulate — “under + stimulate”

Definitions

  1. To stimulate too little or infrequently

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

    • 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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