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misunderestimating

misunderestimating is the present participle and gerund 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 misunderestimating

What is misunderestimating the present participle and gerund of?
Misunderestimating is the present participle and gerund of misunderestimate.

Words near misunderestimating in the dictionary

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

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