misestimate

verb

ˌmis-ˈe-stə-ˌmāt How to pronounce misestimate (audio)
Definition of misestimatenext
as in to misunderstand
to make an incorrect judgment regarding sorely misestimated the character of the young man they hired to look after their vacation home

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  1. misunderstand
  2. underestimate
  3. mistake
  4. misjudge
  5. miscalculate
Verb
  • This can be due to fear of change, misunderstanding the concept, or a complicated decision-making process.
    Kate Wieczorek, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • But a careful reading of the two candidates’ records shows that Harris’s work as vice president has been generally misunderstood by the public and that Trump’s border policies as president were considerably less effective than many Americans seem to believe.
    Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of misunderstand
Verb
  • Read more: How to Sleep When You’re Riddled With Election Anxiety Declutter your home screens Do not underestimate the toll that digital disorganization can have on your life.
    Shira Gill, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
  • For Tang, the risks of this technology may lie not in underestimating what these devices can do, but rather in overestimating their abilities.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of underestimate
Verb
  • My favorite bit was Rajpal Yadav’s Chhote Pandit and Sanjay Mishra’s Bade Pandit mistaking Manjulika for the latter’s wife, Panditayeen, and asking her to make daal (lentils), only to get slapped hard by the ghost.
    Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
  • But there is no mistaking this as a reaction to the camp or thoughts of his grandmother; Majdanek only gave him a little shove.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of mistake
Verb
  • Moments later, Atlas appears to misjudge the angle needed to properly load one of the engine covers.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Analysts believe Quibi misjudged customer needs by focusing on short-form content in a market already saturated with options.
    David Henkin, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
Definition of misjudge
Verb
  • One possibility is that the militant group miscalculated the attention the strike would get from the international community.
    Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 30 July 2024
  • In June 2024, judges from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the judge in Julie Chrisley's 2022 trial miscalculated her sentence and did not find evidence proving her full involvement in the bank fraud scheme for which she was sentenced, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY.
    KiMi Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of miscalculate
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