underrecognize

• underrecognise, under-recognize, under-recognise

From under- + recognize.

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underrecognize (third-person singular simple present underrecognizes, present participle underrecognizing, simple past and past participle underrecognized)

1. To grant less recognition to (something) than appropriate.
   • 2007 January 7, Carole Gould, “Three Philosophies, Three Big Gains”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Because of these difficulties, he added, “its outstanding gold reserves were being underrecognized by the market.”

   • 2020 December, Sita Sharma, Theresa Green, Kimberly E. Alexander, Ann Bonner, “Educational or behavioural interventions for symptoms and health-related quality of life in adults receiving haemodialysis: A systematic review”, in Journal of Renal Care, volume 46, number 4, →DOI, page 234:

     There is evidence that healthcare professionals often underrecognise the frequency and severity of symptoms experienced by this group of patients (Cox et al. 2017), and that early identification and management of symptoms ought to be integrated into routine care (Almutary et al. 2016b).