Thesaurus results for MISRECKONED

misreckoned

verb

past tense of misreckon

as in underestimated

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The problem is not that any single measure has collapsed, but that the entire framework has begun to reveal internal contradictions its designers underestimated.

— Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Valerian both underestimated the enemy and overestimated Roman military strength.

— Robin Wright, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

Definition of underestimated

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Rosenblatt initiates Securitize as buy Rosenblatt said the fintech company is undervalued.

— Michael Bloom, CNBC, 15 July 2026
So the documentation is incomplete, the claim is undervalued and the downstream team inherits a chart that doesn't reflect the actual work performed.

— Mike Valli, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of undervalued

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The defensive line was underrated even before the return of Cam Jordan for one last hurrah.

— Vic Tafur, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Research consistently shows that Black women’s pain is underrated, their concerns dismissed, and their symptoms attributed to non-clinical causes.

— Ashoka, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of underrated

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Later studies suggested the calculator overestimated risk in some groups, including men and Black adults, and did not characterize risk as accurately in other populations.

— Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 21 July 2026
Valerian both underestimated the enemy and overestimated Roman military strength.

— Robin Wright, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

Definition of overestimated

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Either dark energy is a real phenomenon, causing the universe to grow bigger at a faster and faster rate, or there is no dark energy at all, and scientists have somehow misunderstood the laws of gravity at cosmic scales.

— Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
The county argues the grand jury fundamentally misunderstood what happened before the explosion, saying its investigation relied on speculation instead of evidence and wrongly blamed county officials for a criminal enterprise prosecutors say was built on years of deception.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026

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