underreact
verbUS /ˌʌnd.əɹ.ɹiˈækt/ · UK /ˌʌndəɹiˈækt/
Etymology From under- + react.
1
To react inadequately.
- “Investors tend to underreact to positive fundamental change,” said Horacio Valeiras, chief investment officer of Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management.2009 October 11, Conrad De Aenlle, “When Emotions Move the Markets”, in New York Times:
- Derived terms
- underreactor
- Related terms
- underreaction