misemphasize
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To emphasize incorrectly or inappropriately.
Example Sentences
- "But the widespread interest in intercollegiate debating and proper gratitude for what it has done to stimulate a study of the different forms of public discourse have led undergraduates, graduates, and even teachers, I think, greatly to misemphasize its importance in the field of study under discussion this morning — public discourse."
- "Instructions must accurately state the law, and must not mislead the jury or misemphasize some element."
- "Recent reformers like St. Dominic and St. Francis, he suggests, misemphasize certain aspects of the Christian religion: they emphasize the poverty and self-abnegation of Christ's life and preach the deferring of punishment for the wicked"