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And, given the mismeasurement of the meridian, even the original French kilogram didn’t weigh quite what it should have.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 15, 2018

That suggests mismeasurement may be as much to blame as manipulation.

From Economist • Jul. 5, 2018

Some blame mismeasurement and argue that official stats don’t capture the full value of newfangled freebies such as Facebook.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2017

First, they said, mismeasurement has always been an issue in the information-technology sector, and it was just as big an issue in the period from 1995 to 2005, when productivity was growing rapidly.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 10, 2016

For egoism does not necessarily imply either misapprehension or mismeasurement.

From On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John