as in to misunderstand
to make an incorrect judgment regarding
sorely misestimated the character of the young man they hired to look after their vacation home
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Once the war began, some administration officials believed that Kyiv might fall within three days, a judgment that proved to deeply misunderstand Ukraine’s will to fight.—
Shane Harris,
The Atlantic,
17 Jan. 2025 -
Their generation’s sense of empathy misunderstands compassion.—
Armond White,
National Review,
15 Jan. 2025
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Grading the Polls: Despite a pretty accurate year, the pre-election polls once again underestimated support for Trump.—
Annie Karni,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Repurpose Your Resources Never underestimate the power of repurposing the resources around you to generate income.—
Rachelle Rutherford,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Among Underwood’s defenders is talk show host and actress Whoopi Goldberg, whom no one would mistake for a Trump fan.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
19 Jan. 2025
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No one could mistake it for the work of anyone else, itself a paradigm-breaking anomaly in a format otherwise defined by collective enterprise.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2025
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Headline fretters have misjudged ADI’s tariff risks.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Angelica is interesting because the sisters really misjudge her.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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And if Tehran is serious, its leaders may be gravely miscalculating.—
Suzanne Maloney,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Dec. 2024
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Too often, a high-risk plan has been miscalculated, and opponents have punished Postecoglou's men.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Misestimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misestimate. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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