as in misunderstood
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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In response to questions about the Mizuho analyst’s conclusions, Muddy Waters founder Carson Block told Fortune by email that the analyst had misunderstood its findings.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026 -
The crowd’s reaction, like so much collective behavior in Japan, could easily be misunderstood by outsiders.—
Joshua Hunt,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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The sense that Omaha might be underestimated, even by the people who live there, is a source of both pride and torment for Utterback.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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But the new leadership group underestimated the willingness of longtime staff to welcome the latest in a series of new regimes promising change.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
8 June 2026
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Nathan MacKinnon may have misjudged the timing of Werenski’s arrival.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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Lens should already have been level — or even ahead — at the break but striker Wesley Saïd misjudged a close-range header and then shot straight at goalkeeper Matvei Safonov in first-half stoppage time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
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“Misestimated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misestimated. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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