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Meaning of under-accommodate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. To adjust the focal point of the eye so that the image of the target falls short of the retina.
  2. To inadequately accommodate; to fail to make enough adjustments or allowances to meet another's needs.

Examples

“The mean refractive error at six metres for the subjects was !-0.14D. and so the average total accommodation exerted was (0.14 + 2.51) 2.65D. for a dioptric distance of 3.0D. Thus, all of the observers under-accommodated for the near fixation distance when white light was used.”
“When Cegalis measured accommodative responses to changes in convergence distance caused by ophthalmic prisms, he found that although subjects initially under-accommodated the target, they quickly adapted for near target distances, with no significant after-effects.”
“We have reported that defective accommodation is common in children with Down syndrome" even at 3 months of age;" that is, the children under-accommodate for near targets.”
“It is her job to neither over-accommodate nor under-accommodate the employees' needs.”
“Maintenance can occur when individuals resist change in communication. Physicians who believe that there is nothing that they can do if a cure is not possible may under-accommodate to patients with disabilities by indicating uneasiness, avoidance, and low rapport.”
“Older adults are also found to under-accommodate young people's needs by being overly nurturing, disapproving their behaviors, or not listening.”
“Sometimes we will under-accommodate or fail to appreciate, pay sufficient attention to, or be simply unwilling to take into account, the needs of the other party.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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