misunderstate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To understate by mistake.
Example Sentences
- "Just as the bathymetrical limit of marine life, which was laid down at 300 fathoms by Professor Edward Forbes, is now no longer accepted, so the distance to which light can penetrate may prove to have been misunderstated hitherto, and should, in the interest of truth, be re-examined by physicists."
- "Well, I would grossly misunderstate the thing if I didn't tell you this was the subject that was being thoroughly discussed at all times at the present time, and we intend, and Mr. Cresap has made it plain, I can assure you we all intend to make it a living policy, as has been stated today."
- "For foreign journalists, sociologists, and historians, the likelihood of misunderstating real limitations to democracy are even greater."
Etymology
From mis- + understate.