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Understimulated vs Understimulate - What's the difference?

understimulated | understimulate |

As verbs the difference between understimulated and understimulate

is that understimulated is past tense of understimulate while understimulate is to stimulate too little or infrequently; to provide with insufficient stimulation.

understimulated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (understimulate)

    • understimulate

    English

    Verb

    (understimulat)
  • To stimulate too little or infrequently; to provide with insufficient stimulation.
  • * 1992 , Robert Paul Liberman, Handbook of psychiatric rehabilitation
    • Thus, as Wing and Brown (1970) observed, an understimulating "back ward" may lead to withdrawal and a lack of external social stimulation and support.

    Antonyms

    * overstimulate

    understimulate

    English

    Verb

    (understimulat)
  • To stimulate too little or infrequently; to provide with insufficient stimulation.
  • * 1992 , Robert Paul Liberman, Handbook of psychiatric rehabilitation
    • Thus, as Wing and Brown (1970) observed, an understimulating "back ward" may lead to withdrawal and a lack of external social stimulation and support.

    Antonyms

    * overstimulate