measure
noun
a unit or standard of measurement.
mismeasure
-
a word derived from
measure.
Example Sentences
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As early as 1989, Gaines had conceived of a show that would juxtapose powerful contemporary work by Black Americans with deprecating excerpts by art critics, highlighting the profound mismeasure of these artists’ achievements.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2024
Hip-hop is often subject to this same mismeasure: that it is artless, unmediated expression; that its first-person voice speaks for rappers alone, never other personas; that anyone can do it.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2021
"Patrick corrects him and tells him: 'You haven't realised that this sin of mismeasure is one of the worst sins that you can commit'."
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2019
