misgauges

present tense third-person singular of misgauge
as in misestimates
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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Verb
  • But to argue that any of this research adds up to a substantial account of intelligence misunderstands the nature of such human traits and what can be expected from scientific explanations of them.
    Eric Turkheimer, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In an amicus brief filed to the Supreme Court, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychiatric Association and 12 other professional bodies argued that characterizing talk therapy as mere speech fundamentally misunderstands its therapeutic use and purpose.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • My father mistakes it for the verb to bray, like a donkey.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The film looks like a million bucks, has a high pedigree of talent, and mistakes constant poking for conversation, endless buzzwords for a buffet of food for thought, incendiary hypotheticals for insight.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In truth, each side underestimates the relevance of the other’s perspective.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
  • But that underestimates both the level of competition then — being a contemporary of the Big Three is not ideal in that regard — and how few players make the jump from junior prodigy to serial winner.
    James Hansen, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Home designer Allisa Jacobs wrote in a blog post that AI routinely misjudges the proportions and sizes of rooms and furniture, suggesting pieces that wouldn’t realistically fit in the space.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But the Fed just kind of misjudges what's going on and pushes too hard on interest rates and pushes the economy in.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Misgauges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misgauges. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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