misunderestimation

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ underestimation.

Noun

misunderestimation (countable and uncountable, plural misunderestimations)

1. (nonstandard) An inaccurate underestimation, or an act of misunderestimating; misestimation of the low-side error type.
   • 1983, "Mr. Peck", Department of Transportation and related agencies appropriations for 1984: Hearings‎, page 157:

     We find even in our own agency very significant misunderestimations of the effectiveness.

   • 2009 January 15, Gail Collins, “He’s Leaving. Really.”, in New York Times‎:

     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.

Hypernyms

• misestimation