"misunderestimation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: misunderestimations [plural]
Etymology: mis- + underestimation Etymology templates: {{af|en|mis-|underestimation}} mis- + underestimation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} misunderestimation (countable and uncountable, plural misunderestimations)
  1. (nonstandard) An inaccurate underestimation, or an act of misunderestimating; misestimation of the low-side error type. Tags: countable, nonstandard, uncountable Hypernyms: misestimation
    Sense id: en-misunderestimation-en-noun-gHiqKwOB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

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