misestimate

verb

ˌmis-ˈe-stə-ˌmāt How to pronounce misestimate (audio)
Definition of misestimatenext
as in to misunderstand
to make an incorrect judgment regarding sorely misestimated the character of the young man they hired to look after their vacation home

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misestimate
  1. misunderstand
  2. underestimate
  3. mistake
  4. misjudge
  5. miscalculate
Verb
  • Ribera insists that this misunderstands the European perspective.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Make the values easier to live, the organization easier to operate and the standard of performance harder to misunderstand.
    — Lou Maiuri, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of misunderstand
Verb
  • Within this literature, no decade is more doom-laden than the nineteen-thirties, when misguided hope and willful blindness led the world’s democracies to grossly underestimate the threat of Fascism.
    — Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The second mistake is underestimating the width of the curtain panels.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of underestimate
Verb
  • Klobuchar suggested that Schmitt was mistaking the Hawkeyes for the Atlanta Hawks.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Don’t mistake this as an argument against technical training.
    — David Etue, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of mistake
Verb
  • Some misjudge its power and are swept away, their final moments lost in the churning abyss.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Others have paid a steep price after misjudging how stakeholders would respond.
    — Van Carlson, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of misjudge
Verb
  • Yet the company seems to continually miscalculate the extent to which this dynamic will jeopardize its business.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • Undeniably, Putin and associates miscalculated how easily Russia’s military would be able to occupy and take control of Ukraine, repeating Cold War successes.
    — Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Definition of miscalculate
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“Misestimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misestimate. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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