misestimate

American  

[mis-es-tuh-meyt, mis-es-tuh-mit] / mɪsˈɛs təˌmeɪt, mɪsˈɛs tə mɪt /

verb (used with object)

misestimated, misestimating

1. to estimate wrongly or inadequately.

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noun

1. a wrong or inadequate estimate.

Other Word Forms

• misestimation
  noun

Etymology

Origin of misestimate

First recorded in 1835–45; mis- ¹ + estimate

Example Sentences

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misestimate misestimated

Many of the first-year sites were in high-poverty neighborhoods — and that could be one reason for the misestimate, he said.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2016

Ambassador Douglas Mac Arthur II also opposes Reischauer, who had charged that MacArthur's embassy was guilty of a "shocking misestimate of the situation" leading up to last spring's Japanese riots.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a magazine article a few months later, he accused Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II of making a "shocking misestimate" of the situation, which belatedly prompted cancellation of Eisenhower's trip to Japan.

From Time Magazine Archive

In this Class, there is not, as in all other fallacies there is, a positive misestimate of evidence actually had.

From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by Mill, John Stuart

I believe we misestimate Mahomet’s faults even as faults: but the secret of him will never be got by dwelling there.

From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas

The original warning came five days in advance but misestimated the location of the landfall by 250 miles.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2022

“I felt like I just shouldn’t have run the piece at all, because I fundamentally misestimated how prepared the writer was for this to go public.”

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2015

Moreover, Burgoyne wofully misestimated the resources, spirit, and fighting capacity of his adversary.

From Burgoyne's Invasion of 1777 With an outline sketch of the American Invasion of Canada, 1775-76. by Drake, Samuel Adams