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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
misunderestimate .
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Examples
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I was at an event early in President Bush's tenure in which, in remarks before a large audience, he used the word 'misunderestimated'.
BBC News - Home 2011
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I was listening to NPR in the car yesterday during his press conference, and I heard the "misunderestimated" one AGAIN.
The Top 25 Bushisms Zenmomma 2009
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November 20th, 2009 3: 51 pm ET to all those who are smugly rolling their eyes when Palin speaks, remember, we "misunderestimated" a "less-informed" candidate once before, and the media loved him almost as much as it loves Palin.
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Guess we "misunderestimated" just how incompetent Jr. & friends could be!
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To borrow from the former President, I, and a lot of pundits "misunderestimated" the attitude of the people in my old home state.
Denis Campbell: Man-Up Time President Obama: Grow Spine and Become Party's Dictator 2010
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He joked with the White House press corps about how they "misunderestimated" him.
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George W. Bush and Dick Cheney may have "misunderestimated" some things, but not Congress.
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Democratic leaders have always "misunderestimated" the depths of American discomfort with these adventures.
Robert L. Borosage: Obama's September Choice: Charge or Trim? 2009
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PS - He actually did once say he was "misunderestimated", didn't he?
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But following eight years of a president who relished being "misunderestimated" the American people are clearly ready for an eloquent presidency.
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