underreacted

We underreacted in attempting quickly to subdue and pacify, with fewer than 200,000 soldiers, 50 million famously recalcitrant people in notoriously difficult terrain halfway around the world.

9/11: Did the U.S. Overreact? 2011

We underreacted in failing to declare war and put the nation on a war footing, and thus overreacted in trumpeting hollow resolution.

9/11: Did the U.S. Overreact? 2011

We underreacted when we allowed our military capacities other than counterinsurgency to atrophy while China strains for military parity—something that the architects of our national security a decade ago thought laughable, now deny, and soon will hopelessly admit.

9/11: Did the U.S. Overreact? 2011

And, to me it seems like security underreacted and then decided to overcompensate because they knew they made a mistake and overreacted.

Sober Second Thoughts: Send in the clowns Duane Rollins 2009

I think the US government underreacted to the attacks.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Reader Poll: Did 9/11 “Change Everything”? 2009

Her hands were tied in front of her, but if anything, she had underreacted to the poke.

The Bloomsday Dead Adrian McKinty 2007

The US underreacted to the threat of terrorism under Bush once, (or was that really Clinton's "fault"?)

hairy and smelly 2003

I may have underreacted to the poem — as Suzanne Ruta, I think, has overreacted to my comment — but I am still of the opinion that it is one of Kraus's less persuasive pieces.

Tod und Tango Ruta, Suzanne 1987

Having underreacted to the default risk, the market is overreacting now.

The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Ruth Marcus 2011

Just curious as to whether you feel anyone or everyone -- the government, the media, the populace -- over- or underreacted to Hurricane Irene.

NY Daily News 2011