Understimulate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Understimulate is a verb meaning (transitive) To stimulate too little or infrequently; to provide with insufficient stimulation.
Meaning
(transitive) To stimulate too little or infrequently; to provide with insufficient stimulation.
Example Sentences
Thus, as Wing and Brown (1970) observed, an understimulating "back ward" may lead to withdrawal and a lack of external social stimulation and support.
Word Forms
- understimulates
- understimulating
- understimulated
Antonyms for understimulate
Common opposites include overstimulate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include underserve, destimulate, understir, underindulge, underactivate, underload.
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