as in to misunderstand
to make an incorrect judgment regarding
the television network seriously mismeasured public reaction to the unceremonious dismissal of the popular anchorwoman
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Recent Examples of mismeasure
Then, if all goes smoothly, a journey down the Nile — which might, after all, also be mismeasured — could be next.
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Marina Dias, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
This was the quality that was mismeasured by the sensors and misinterpreted by the control unit of the Boeing 737 Max, contributing to the two crashes of that airliner.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 May 2019
Marina Dias, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
This was the quality that was mismeasured by the sensors and misinterpreted by the control unit of the Boeing 737 Max, contributing to the two crashes of that airliner.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 May 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mismeasure
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Eastern diamondbacks face habitat loss and can be targeted by people who misunderstand or fear them, says the FWC.—
Sarah Perkel,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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Many organizations misunderstand conflict entirely.—
Terina Allen,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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This creates a problem many leadership teams still underestimate.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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What Keynes underestimated, and what many of today’s AI evangelists tend not to confront, is that progress unfolds inside social systems structured by power.—
Christopher Marquis,
Time,
30 May 2026
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Alvarez, 41, was in MacArthur Park on May 18 when he was approached by two police officers, who initially mistook him as the suspect in a vehicle theft, according to a Justice Department news release and a criminal complaint filed Wednesday in the Central District of California.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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The problem is mistaking a large platform — or a fluent AI — for a qualified one, and letting that mistake drive decisions that actually matter.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Remember, agentic systems can hallucinate or misjudge unfamiliar contexts.—
Asad Khan,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The trend closely matches data previously disclosed by Waymo, where self-driving vehicles are often hit by inattentive human drivers who misjudge or fail to anticipate the car’s cautious stopping behavior.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
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“Mismeasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mismeasure. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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