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misunderestimated

misunderestimated is the simple past and past participle of misunderestimate.

Meaning of misunderestimate

Verb

misunderestimate (third-person singular simple present misunderestimates, present participle misunderestimating, simple past and past participle misunderestimated)

  1. (nonstandard, malapropism or humorous) To underestimate mistakenly or wrongly; to misestimate with an error on the lower side.
    • . . .is almost sure to misunderstand and misunderestimate the significance of the question at hand.1897 April 17, “American Diplomacy on the Bosphorous”, in The Outlook

Questions about misunderestimated

What is misunderestimated the simple past and past participle of?
Misunderestimated is the simple past and past participle of misunderestimate.

Words near misunderestimated in the dictionary

  1. misua
  2. Misuluan
  3. Misumalpa
  4. Misumalpan
  5. misunderestimate
  6. misunderestimated
  7. misunderestimates
  8. misunderestimating
  9. misunderestimation
  10. misunderestimations
  11. misunderstand

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