Misunderestimate

Quick meaning: Misunderestimate is a verb meaning (nonstandard, malapropism or humorous) To underestimate mistakenly or wrongly; to misestimate with an error on the lower side.

Meaning

(nonstandard, malapropism or humorous) To underestimate mistakenly or wrongly; to misestimate with an error on the lower side.

Example Sentences

. . .is almost sure to misunderstand and misunderestimate the significance of the question at hand.

. . . not only the disciples within their accounts, had seriously misunderestimated the life and teaching of Jesus.

"I think that anybody who misunderestimates this president is going to have egg on their face in a few years," Rice told me.

And I think after Three Mile Island, not only does the NRC itself understand that it sadly misunderestimated the number of ways in . . .

Word Forms

• misunderestimates
• misunderestimating
• misunderestimated

Synonyms for misunderestimate

Depending on context, synonyms include underapproximate, underestimate, underguess, underjudge, underrate, underreckon.

Antonyms for misunderestimate

Common opposites include overstate, overapproximate, overestimate, overhold, overrate, overreckon.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include misestimate, misunderstate, misjudge, misconsider, miscalculate, misperceive.

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