misunderestimate

Definition

To underestimate mistakenly or wrongly; to misestimate with an error on the lower side.

Etymology

From mis- + underestimate, perhaps under influence of misunderstand.

Example Sentences

• ". . .is almost sure to misunderstand and misunderestimate the significance of the question at hand."
• "Now in the very earliest years of the eighteenth century it is understandable that, owing to the inevitable, due to our never-to-be-misunderestimated Frederick the Gross . . ."
• "And I think after Three Mile Island, not only does the NRC itself understand that it sadly misunderestimated the number of ways in . . ."