misreckons

verb

present tense third-person singular of misreckon
as in miscounts

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  1. underestimates
  2. undervalues
  3. overestimates
Verb
  • That reading badly underestimates the scale of what’s coming.
    — Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Although this condition is linked to a wide variety of negative health effects, the public chronically underestimates its seriousness.
    — Marie Doyle, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of underestimates
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  • The Abundance movement counters that this undervalues those who move somewhere new and come to love it just as fiercely.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 9 June 2026
  • While the tax seems large, experts say the city's antiquated assessment and valuation system dramatically undervalues properties, reducing the burden.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 28 May 2026
Definition of undervalues
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  • 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
  • Hopkins is, perhaps, the closest thing this story has to a Kornev—a principled outsider who ultimately overestimates the value of his own empathy and knowledge.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Definition of overestimates
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