as in to misunderstand
to make an incorrect judgment regarding the television network seriously mismeasured public reaction to the unceremonious dismissal of the popular anchorwoman

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Recent Examples on the Web Then, if all goes smoothly, a journey down the Nile — which might, after all, also be mismeasured — could be next. Marina Dias, Washington Post, 12 June 2023 This was the quality that was mismeasured by the sensors and misinterpreted by the control unit of the Boeing 737 Max, contributing to the two crashes of that airliner. IEEE Spectrum, 21 May 2019

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“Mismeasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mismeasure. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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