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- noun Plural form of
underreaction .
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Examples
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Recent studies propose that limited investor attention causes market underreactions.
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"What we're seeing," say the Arizona State group, "is a combination of extreme overreactions to casual contact side by side with serious underreactions to actual risk."
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Chris Christie of New Jersey of overreacting to make up for their infamous underreactions to last year's Christmas blizzard, when Hizzoner was baking in Bermuda and the Guv was playing at Disney World in Florida with his family.
NYT > Home Page By MAUREEN DOWD 2011
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"These sunshine-induced overreactions and underreactions are reversed within days."
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