Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to underactivate
Participle: underactivated
Gerund: underactivating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | underactivate |
| you | underactivate |
| he;she;it | underactivates |
| we | underactivate |
| you | underactivate |
| they | underactivate |
Perfect
| I | have underactivated |
| you | have underactivated |
| he;she;it | has underactivated |
| we | have underactivated |
| you | have underactivated |
| they | have underactivated |
Past
| I | underactivated |
| you | underactivated |
| he;she;it | underactivated |
| we | underactivated |
| you | underactivated |
| they | underactivated |
Pluperfect
| I | had underactivated |
| you | had underactivated |
| he;she;it | had underactivated |
| we | had underactivated |
| you | had underactivated |
| they | had underactivated |
Future
| I | will underactivate |
| you | will underactivate |
| he;she;it | will underactivate |
| we | will underactivate |
| you | will underactivate |
| they | will underactivate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have underactivated |
| you | will have underactivated |
| he;she;it | will have underactivated |
| we | will have underactivated |
| you | will have underactivated |
| they | will have underactivated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | underactivate |
| you | underactivate |
| he;she;it | underactivate |
| we | underactivate |
| you | underactivate |
| they | underactivate |
Perfect
| I | have underactivated |
| you | have underactivated |
| he;she;it | have underactivated |
| we | have underactivated |
| you | have underactivated |
| they | have underactivated |
Imperfect
| I | underactivated |
| you | underactivated |
| he;she;it | underactivated |
| we | underactivated |
| you | underactivated |
| they | underactivated |
Pluperfect
| I | had underactivated |
| you | had underactivated |
| he;she;it | had underactivated |
| we | had underactivated |
| you | had underactivated |
| they | had underactivated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would underactivate |
| you | would underactivate |
| he;she;it | would underactivate |
| we | would underactivate |
| you | would underactivate |
| they | would underactivate |
Perfect
| I | would have underactivated |
| you | would have underactivated |
| he;she;it | would have underactivated |
| we | would have underactivated |
| you | would have underactivated |
| they | would have underactivated |
Imperative
| you | underactivate |
| we | Let's underactivate |
| you | underactivate |
Verbs conjugated like 'underactivate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'underactivate'
underactuate,
deactivate,
hyperactivate,
overactivate,
superactivate,
underestimate,
undervaccinate,
decaptivate,
deinactivate,
deracinate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
4. Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
5. Proto-Indo-European *-ér
6. Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
7. Proto-Germanic *under
8. Proto-West Germanic *undar
9. Old English under-
10. Middle English under-
11. English under-
12. Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
13. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
14. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
15. Proto-Italic *agō
16. Latin agō
17. Proto-Indo-European *-wós
18. Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
19. Latin -īvus
20. ▲
21. Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl.
22. Latin āctīvusbor.
23. Old French actifbor.
24. Middle English actyf
25. English active
26. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
27. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
28. Proto-Indo-European *-tós
29. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
30. Proto-Italic *-ātos
31. Latin -ātuslbor.
32. English -ate
33. English activate
34. English underactivate
35. From under- + activate.
Sample Sentences
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Wood and Flowers (1999) demonstrated with Positron Emission Tomography (PET) that the same brain regions that underactivate in dyslexia also underactivate in the inattentive subtype of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. [2001 -, Que Ida, Annals of Dyslexia 2001, →ISBN, page 37:]
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In contrast, struggling readers underactivate the reading systems in the back of the brain and overactivate the system in the front of the brain. [2014, Patrick R. Riccards, Phyllis Blaunstein, Reid Lyon, Why Kids Can't Read: Continuing to Challenge the Status Quo in Education, →ISBN:]
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An important discovery over the last ten years comes from studies that parametrically varied working memory load to establish that, compared to younger adults, older adults tend to overactivate PFC regions at lower loads, and to underactivate at higher loads, where performance also drops off. [2016, Roberto Cabeza, Lars Nyberg, Denise C. Park, Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging: Linking Cognitive and Cerebral Aging, →ISBN:]