underaccommodate

under- +‎ accommodate

underaccommodate (third-person singular simple present underaccommodates, present participle underaccommodating, simple past and past participle underaccommodated)

1. Alternative form of under-accommodate
   • 1996, Monisha Pasupathi, Aging and Social Influence, page 4:

     Giles and colleagues suggest that the elderly may underaccomodate the needs of younger social partners.

   • 2001, Janet B. Ruscher, Prejudiced Communication: A Social Psychological Perspective, →ISBN:

     Similarly, speech accommodation theory predicts that people over accomod ate (e.g., use baby talk) or underaccomodate (e.g., insufficiently engage) based on their expectations, but the theory does not focus uniquely on stereotypic expectations or prejudices against the target group.