What does misunderstate mean?
Misunderstate means To understate by mistake..
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To understate by mistake..
Just as the bathymetrical limit of marine life, which was laid down at 300 fathoms by Professor Edward Forbes, is now no longer accepted, so the distance to which light can penetrate may prove to have been misunderstated hitherto, and should, in the interest of truth, be re-examined by physicists.
Well, I would grossly misunderstate the thing if I didn't tell you this was the subject that was being thoroughly discussed at all times at the present time, and we intend, and Mr. Cresap has made it plain, I can assure you we all intend to make it a living policy, as has been stated today.
For foreign journalists, sociologists, and historians, the likelihood of misunderstating real limitations to democracy are even greater.
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Misunderstate means To understate by mistake..
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Just as the bathymetrical limit of marine life, which was laid down at 300 fathoms by Professor Edward Forbes, is now no longer accepted, so the distance to which light can penetrate may prove to have been misunderstated hitherto, and should, in the interest of truth, be re-examined by physicists.
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