misgauged

verb

variants also misgaged
past tense of misgauge
as in misunderstood
to make an incorrect judgment regarding the candidate fatally misgauged voters' concerns, and his negative ads only served to alienate many would-be supporters

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misgauged
  1. misunderstood
  2. underestimated
  3. misjudged
Verb
  • Either dark energy is a real phenomenon, causing the universe to grow bigger at a faster and faster rate, or there is no dark energy at all, and scientists have somehow misunderstood the laws of gravity at cosmic scales.
    — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
  • The county argues the grand jury fundamentally misunderstood what happened before the explosion, saying its investigation relied on speculation instead of evidence and wrongly blamed county officials for a criminal enterprise prosecutors say was built on years of deception.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of misunderstood
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  • David Wiseman, a leading light in the Invictus movement and former serviceman, tells PEOPLE that Harry’s importance to the games cannot be underestimated.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
  • But researchers such as McClure argue that the effects of public exposure are understudied and underestimated.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 10 July 2026
Definition of underestimated
Verb
  • Rice, back on a hot streak, crushed a 2-2 curveball that went 376 feet — clanking off the wall in center field as Dylan Crews misjudged the wall, crashing into it while trying to make the catch.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 13 July 2026
  • And Peter is massively misjudged a lot of the time, and that’s also really interesting.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
Definition of misjudged
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“Misgauged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misgauged. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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