underperceive

Etymology

From under- + perceive.

underperceive means to perceive to a lesser degree than actually exists. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

verb

To perceive to a lesser degree than actually exists.“The problem with this belief is that the public does not "see" much of this violence, because it is not graphic enough to offend them, so the public is greatly underperceiving the amount of violence to which they are exposed.”