• Misunderestimation

    Full definition of misunderestimation

    Noun

    misunderestimation

    (plural misunderestimations)
    1. (nonstandard) An inaccurate underestimation, or an act of misunderestimating.
      • We find even in our own agency very significant misunderestimations of the effectiveness.
      • This is not the first time our president has worried about misunderestimation, so it’s fair to regard this not as a slip of the tongue, but as something the president of the United States thinks is a word.

    Usage notes

    As with the root misunderestimate, this is usually but not always employed in jocular reference to former US President George W. Bush.

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