mis·gauge
| \ ˌmis-ˈgāj
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variants:
or less commonly misgage
misgauged also misgaged; misgauging also misgaging
Definition of misgauge
: to gauge wrongly : misjudge
In a report submitted last week, the NASA board concluded that mission engineers had most likely misgauged the heating of the back end of the spacecraft by exhaust gases from the internally mounted rocket.— Richard A. Kerr He didn't share his wife's interest in the performing arts, and therefore had misgauged the intensity of her ambition.— Kendra Bean
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“Misgauge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misgauge. Accessed 9 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of misgauge was in 1880
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