Under-accommodate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Under-accommodate is a verb meaning (ophthalmology) To adjust the focal point of the eye so that the image of the target falls short of the retina.
Meaning
(ophthalmology) To adjust the focal point of the eye so that the image of the target falls short of the retina.
More Meanings
- To inadequately accommodate; to fail to make enough adjustments or allowances to meet another's needs.
Example Sentences
It is her job to neither over-accommodate nor under-accommodate the employees' needs.
Older adults are also found to under-accommodate young people's needs by being overly nurturing, disapproving their behaviors, or not listening.
Sometimes we will under-accommodate or fail to appreciate, pay sufficient attention to, or be simply unwilling to take into account, the needs of the other party.
We have reported that defective accommodation is common in children with Down syndrome" even at 3 months of age;" that is, the children under-accommodate for near targets.
Word Forms
- under-accommodates
- under-accommodating
- under-accommodated
- underaccommodate
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include underaccommodate, defocus, foreshorten, unfocus, disaccommodate, achromatize.
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