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English
Etymology
From mis- + emphasize.
Verb
misemphasize (third-person singular simple present misemphasizes, present participle misemphasizing, simple past and past participle misemphasized)
- To emphasize incorrectly or inappropriately.
1898, Proceedings of The Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools Annual Convention, page 105: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.
1997, Dan B. Dobbs, Paul T. Hayden, Torts and Compensation, page 14:Instructions must accurately state the law, and must not mislead the jury or misemphasize some element.
2020, John P. McCormick, Reading Machiavelli, page 41: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