underperceive

English

Etymology

under- +‎ perceive

Verb

underperceive (third-person singular simple present underperceives, present participle underperceiving, simple past and past participle underperceived)

1. (transitive) To perceive to a lesser degree than actually exists.
   • 2003, W. James Potter, The 11 myths of media violence, page 211:

     The problem with this belief is that the public does not "see" much of this violence, because it is not graphic enough to offend them, so the public is greatly underperceiving the amount of violence to which they are exposed.

Antonyms

• overperceive

Related terms

• underperception