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# How to pronounce "underreact" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/ˌʌnd.əɹ.ɹiˈækt/`
- **Native Audio Recording**: [Listen to Audio Clip](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-underreact.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-underreact.wav.mp3)
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **un·der·react**
- **Parts of Speech**: verb
- **VERB**: To react inadequately.
  - *Example*: "“Investors tend to underreact to positive fundamental change,” said Horacio Valeiras, chief investment officer of Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management."

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "underreact" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "basically like I mentioned earlier I think that in the next five years is probably quite dangerous period of time but after that uh if we could have a underreact to North Korean uh nuclear and wmd"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 49:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLri0UrGRis&t=2981s)

### Example 2
> "have now a tendency to underreact so you have the North Korean legitimacy spiral and our underreaction spiral all happening at a time when we have"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 50:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLri0UrGRis&t=3021s)

### Example 3
> "They learned not overreact or underreact to new information."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 9:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV42LFnus4c&t=561s)

### Example 4
> "Dilemma of uh the Dilemma of underreaction right the Dilemma of underreaction and what I mean there is that"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 48:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLri0UrGRis&t=2919s)

### Example 5
> "was uh a a tendency to un a desire to underreact in other words we're not"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 49:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLri0UrGRis&t=2952s)

### Example 6
> "which is that we continue to seek to underreact and not give North Korea the"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 50:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLri0UrGRis&t=3000s)

### Example 7
> "may overreact to a domestic terrorist and we underreact to a mass murderer as"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 87:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVPA_BgPKFY&t=5252s)

### Example 8
> "that sensory stimul is subdued um they under underreact to Sound and Lighting"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 6:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPpMjjzUa6k&t=407s)

### Example 9
> "and so I think right now we're kind of falling into a dilemma of underreaction"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 49:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLri0UrGRis&t=2995s)

### Example 10
> "Again, people seem to be underreacting to this tax, which is also increasing the price of alcohol relative to the excise tax, which"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 67:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpoimMcLyvE&t=4052s)


## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "underreact" correctly?
"underreact" is pronounced `/ˌʌnd.əɹ.ɹiˈækt/`. Syllable breakdown: **un·der·react**.

### What does "underreact" mean in context?
To react inadequately.

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