Home › Words › U › underattentionunderattentionunderattention means insufficient attention.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, underattention ranks #16,765 of 42,785 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom under- + attention.nounInsufficient attention.e.g.“Underattention may derive from a lack of urgency on the leader's part, a sense that it is not crucial that the group come to grips with the feelings involved.” — 1967, Richard Dewey Mann, Graham S. Gibbard, John Jacob Hartman, Interpersonal Styles and Group Development:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).