"misemphasize" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "mis- + emphasize",
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      "form": "misemphasizes",
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    {
      "form": "misemphasizing",
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    {
      "form": "misemphasized",
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        "participle",
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    {
      "form": "misemphasized",
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        "past"
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        {
          "ref": "1898, Proceedings of The Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools Annual Convention, page 105",
          "text": "But the widespread interest in intercollegiate debating and proper gratitude for what it has done to stimulate a study of the different forms of public discourse have led undergraduates, graduates, and even teachers, I think, greatly to misemphasize its importance in the field of study under discussion this morning — public discourse.",
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          "ref": "1997, Dan B. Dobbs, Paul T. Hayden, Torts and Compensation, page 14",
          "text": "Instructions must accurately state the law, and must not mislead the jury or misemphasize some element.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, John P. McCormick, Reading Machiavelli, page 41",
          "text": "Recent reformers like St. Dominic and St. Francis, he suggests, misemphasize certain aspects of the Christian religion: they emphasize the poverty and self-abnegation of Christ's life and preach the deferring of punishment for the wicked",
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        "To emphasize incorrectly or inappropriately."
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          "emphasize",
          "emphasize"
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  "word": "misemphasize"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "mis- + emphasize",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "misemphasizes",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "misemphasizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misemphasized",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "misemphasized",
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        "past"
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          "ref": "1898, Proceedings of The Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools Annual Convention, page 105",
          "text": "But the widespread interest in intercollegiate debating and proper gratitude for what it has done to stimulate a study of the different forms of public discourse have led undergraduates, graduates, and even teachers, I think, greatly to misemphasize its importance in the field of study under discussion this morning — public discourse.",
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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        "To emphasize incorrectly or inappropriately."
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