Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misreckoning
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Retailers invest heavily in front-end capabilities while underestimating the complexity of data governance, quality and interoperability.—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026 -
The finding adds a new species to the growing list of creatures that have been found to use external objects to achieve a goal and suggests that society has been underestimating the minds of farm animals.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
19 Jan. 2026
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The Paramount lawsuit argues that artificially undervaluing those linear cable assets could make WBD appear weaker, thereby justifying a lower enterprise valuation and acquisition price.—
Corey Martin,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Since Platte was among a number of Missouri counties that had been undervaluing its properties, bringing those up to market value as those market values are also rising has resulted in tax increases for some homeowners in recent years.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
18 Jan. 2026
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There were also in-game management decisions, his loyalty to Fields, and Glenn overestimating the talent on the Jets’ roster.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
13 Jan. 2026
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In contrast, a breakdown in communication breeds mistrust, which could give rise to harmful mistakes, such as an escalatory spiral from overestimating the threat posed by the other side, or a reckless deployment of AI in conflicts.—
Boris Babic,
Fortune,
3 Jan. 2026
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People keep either misunderstanding or forgetting that there are not one but two revolutions going on here, the second being accelerated computing.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
4 Jan. 2026
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Interestingly, people often described fears that were based on misunderstanding how technology works – or fails to work.—
Alaina Vandervoort Burns,
The Conversation,
17 Dec. 2025
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“Misreckoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misreckoning. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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