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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Germany's Bild newspaper reported on Saturday that Witkoff had misunderstood Russia's position on a ceasefire deal, taking Putin's demands for Ukraine to withdraw from Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson as an offer for Moscow to pull troops from the two regions.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Aug. 2025
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Ryan Stocker / Jamie Stocker / Brian Stocker From his Wall Street office, Brian and his colleagues in the World Financial Center initially underestimated what had occurred.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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This is why the DOE Report claimed that sun’s contribution to global warming might be underestimated.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, for an AI that claims someone is going into something bad, but the AI has computationally misjudged the circumstance, users are bound to howl and get upset with the AI and the AI maker.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Misestimated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misestimated. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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