misgauging

verb

variants also misgaging
present participle of misgauge
as in misunderstanding
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 misgauging
  1. misunderstanding
  2. underestimating
  3. mistaking
  4. misjudging
Verb
  • Responding Monday to Emmanuel Acho, who criticized the idea that her ejection represented white privilege, Carrington insisted people were misunderstanding her.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The good news is that the IRS rarely charges severe penalties for honest mistakes or misunderstanding a complex tax code.
    — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 20 July 2026
Definition of misunderstanding
Verb
  • And businesses may be seriously underestimating the value of freeing up their people to have new ideas.
    — Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Consensus estimates are underestimating the strength of the networking company's order book for 2027 and 2028, according to analysts.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of underestimating
Verb
  • In September 2011, Daniels, then a 17-year-old dropout and a member of the Bloods, was walking to the laundromat with his sister when rival gang members approached her — mistaking her for Daniels’ other sister, who was also caught up in the streets.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • And both times, there was no mistaking who the gallery wanted to win.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of mistaking
Verb
  • Investors are misjudging, and then correcting, who or what will actually capture AI’s value.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Rather than collisions caused by surrounding traffic, these incidents involved the vehicle misjudging objects directly in its path.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
Definition of misjudging
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“Misgauging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misgauging. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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