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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
  • And yet, many companies today still fundamentally misunderstand how to apply lean to their own operations.
    — Joe Perkins, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Mercury opposes elusive Neptune, making deadlines, availability, or expectations easier to misunderstand.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of misunderstand
Verb
  • But my research shows that official counts underestimate the real number of evictions in metro Detroit by half because many landlords ignore the law and skip the formal court process.
    — Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
  • As a result, business leaders who continue to rely on historical assumptions may be underestimating exposures that could have significant financial and operational consequences.
    — Patty Templeton-Jones, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of underestimate
Verb
  • Locals who saw the creature in the Bolivian Andes had mistaken it for an ordinary house cat, said biologist and National Geographic explorer Paola Nogales-Ascarrunz, who was part of the research team that studied them.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • These lacy white flowers look deceptively similar—but mistaking one for the other can have severe consequences.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 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 23 Sep. 2026.

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