"misunderestimate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misunderestimates [present, singular, third-person], misunderestimating [participle, present], misunderestimated [participle, past], misunderestimated [past]
Etymology: mis- + underestimate. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|mis|underestimate}} mis- + underestimate Head templates: {{en-verb}} misunderestimate (third-person singular simple present misunderestimates, present participle misunderestimating, simple past and past participle misunderestimated)
  1. (nonstandard, malapropism or humorous) To underestimate by mistake; to misestimate with a low-side error type. Tags: nonstandard Synonyms: underapproximate, underestimate Hypernyms: misestimate Derived forms: misunderestimation
    Sense id: en-misunderestimate-en-verb-Z-Je0FT3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

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