misemphasize
verb
mis·em·pha·size ˌmis-ˈem(p)-fə-ˌsīz 
misemphasized; misemphasizing
transitive verb
: to give a misplaced or wrong emphasis to (something)
Inspiration needn't be very apposite; but the appositeness of this "first little throb" has perhaps been misemphasized.
Martin Amis
Martin Amis
Word History
First Known Use
1917, in the meaning defined above
- devil grass
- devil horse
- devil ivy
- devil lore
- devil mountain
- devil ray
- devil theory
- devil to pay
- devil's advocate
- devil's apples
- devil's bit
- devil's bit scabious
- devil's book
- devil's buckie
- devil's claw
- devil's club
- devil's coachhorse
- devil's corkscrew
- devil's darning needle
- devil's dozen
- devil's dung
- Devil's Dyke
- devil's food cake
- devil's horse
- devil's ironweed