misreckon

verb

Definition of misreckonnext
as in to underestimate

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  1. underestimate
  2. miscount
  3. overestimate
  4. undervalue
  5. underrate
Verb
  • Target defenders who defend The biggest mistake many managers made last season was underestimating the value of DEFCON points.
    — Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • And don’t underestimate the power of a fragrance-free lotion as a base to help lock in your scent.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of underestimate
Verb
  • Cepeda, too, sowed doubt about the results, saying that votes were miscounted and that there were discrepancies.
    — Raquel Coronell Uribe, NBC news, 1 June 2026
  • The Tools Have Actually Arrived Early AI models famously miscounted letters in words.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Definition of miscount
Verb
  • The critic's power stems from the brain's inherent negativity bias, a survival mechanism that overestimates threats.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Polls overestimated Abdul El-Sayed’s lead by 12 percentage points.
    — Scott Clement, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of overestimate
Verb
  • That suggests the foreign exchange market is significantly undervaluing the yen.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • In his view, the best Hiroshige prints remain undervalued when compared with Hokusai.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of undervalue
Verb
  • And don’t underrate how perfectly this first film captures something about Spider-Man’s central tragedy.
    — Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The Wings have a useful window over the next two seasons when Bueckers and Azzi Fudd will both be on rookie contracts that massively underrate their production.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of underrate
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