misunderestimation

English

Etymology

misunderestimate +‎ -ion

Noun

misunderestimation (plural misunderestimations)

1. An inaccurate underestimation, or an act of misunderestimating
   • 1983, "Mr. Peck", Department of Transportation and related agencies appropriations for 1984: Hearings^[1], page 157:

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

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

     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