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- verb transitive To
perceive to a lesser degree than actually exists.
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Examples
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As Andrew Lo of M.I.T. has demonstrated, if stock traders make a series of apparently good picks, the dopamine released into their brains creates a stupor that causes them to underperceive danger ahead.
Post-Enlightenment economics Burke's Corner 2009
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As Andrew Lo of M.I.T. has demonstrated, if stock traders make a series of apparently good picks, the dopamine released into their brains creates a stupor that causes them to underperceive danger ahead.
Archive 2009-01-01 Burke's Corner 2009
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The more attractive they actually were to women, however, the more likely they were to underperceive.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Nick Collins 2011
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As Andrew Lo of MIT has demonstrated, if stock traders make a series of apparently good picks, the dopamine released into their brains creates a stupor that causes them to underperceive danger ahead.
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As Andrew Lo of MIT has demonstrated, if stock traders make a series of apparently good picks, the dopamine released into their brains creates a stupor that causes them to underperceive danger ahead.
International Herald Tribune - World News, Analysis, and Global Opinions 2009
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As Andrew Lo of M.I.T. has demonstrated, if stock traders make a series of apparently good picks, the dopamine released into their brains creates a stupor that causes them to underperceive danger ahead.
Daily Kos 2009
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