English Dictionary

misemphasize

verb

To emphasize incorrectly or inappropriately.

Some people misemphasize the importance of physical exercise in maintaining good health.

意味（1）

To emphasize incorrectly or inappropriately.

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.