underact

IPA: ʌndɝækt

Examples of "underact" in Sentences

I feel that in my own work I have a tendency to 'underact'.
If the water is too cool, the dried Baker's yeast will be underactive.
Anhidrosis may be caused by underactivity of the sympathetic nervous system.
A fine British cast overact or underact in this perfunctory true-life tale of a working-class lad from a sink estate in south London.
In fact, he suggested political leaders were better to "overact" than "underact" when it comes to speeding stimulus money out the door.
There are a grand total of two scenes where Kristen Stewart does NOT underact, and the hospital scene is absolutely brilliant in my opinion.
She doesn't overact or underact; she just stands around with whatever the appropriate expression for the scene seems to be on her sweet, pretty, childlike face.
I spent my youth anesthetizing myself just enough to stand the daily less-violent silent injustices, and I think it means I tend to underact when the hatred is more open.