misestimate

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misestimate

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From mis- + estimate.

verb misestimates · misestimating · misestimated

To estimate erroneously. [W]e shall infallibly bestow a disproportionate attention upon those which our theory takes into account, while we mis-estimate the rest, and probably underrate their importance.

noun misestimates

An erroneous estimate. This was due not to pro-German sympathies but to a plain misestimate (not confined to him) of the real relative strengths of the various political forces.

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@misc{misestimate_2026,
  title = {misestimate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/misestimate},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}