Thesaurus results for MISGAUGING

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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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

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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

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