underaccommodation

English

Etymology

under- +‎ accommodation

Noun

underaccommodation (uncountable)

1. (sociolinguistics) Insufficient convergence; the situation where a speaker is underaccommodative.
   • 2003, Charles M Dorn, John O. Greene, Brant Raney Burleson, Handbook of Communication and Social Interaction Skills, →ISBN, page 665:

     Friendships with members of a younger cohort may also be marked by underaccomodation, a linguistic phenomenon in which older adults engage in egocentric topic selection during conversation.

2. (ophthalmology) The improper adjustment of the eye muscles so that the focal point of a target image falls short of the retina.
   • 2016, Moheem Masumali Halari, Chidambra Dhariwal Halari, Otohinoyi David Adeiza, D'Souza Ryan Alex Francis, Igberi Ugochi Calista, Akanbi Hameed Ayotunde, “Prevalence of Eye Defects Among Medical Students in Dominica”, in erican Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences, volume 18, number 1:

     ...attributed to the fact that infantile astigmatism can disrupt emmetropization by reducing an infant sensitivity to focusing signals, thus leading to underaccomodation or alignment impairment with a physiological fix of elongated eye ball [18].

3. Failure to provide adequate accommodation to the needs of someone.
   • 2001, Burton Gummer, “Peer relationships in organizations: Mutual assistance, employees with disabilities, and distributive justice”, in Administration in Social Work, volume 25, number 4:

     Unfortunately, recent studies have shown that the ADA may not be having its intended impact.In fact, it appears that underaccomodation continues to be a major barrier to equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities (Braddock & Bachelder, 1994).