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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Is Big, Beautiful And Sad Northern Lights Alert For 17 States After ‘Double Eruption’ On Sun Time Blocking as a Leadership Act Time blocking, often misunderstood as a simple productivity hack, is in fact a form of proactive alignment.—
Nell Derick Debevoise,
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Teachers commonly misunderstood his methods of self-regulation, such as stimming by flapping his hands, as a threat.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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But financial experts told USA TODAY people generally overestimate their earnings and underestimate their spending.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Yamazaki Home Adjustable Lid & Pan Organizer $46 Amazon $47 Yamazaki $47 Yamazaki Don’t underestimate the benefit of grabbing the relevant cookware without having to do some sort of kitchen pot-and-pan Jenga.—
Alex Ronan,
Architectural Digest,
22 Apr. 2025
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The Automatique is a time-only three-hand watch, but don’t mistake its restrained elegance with being basic.—
Kristen Shirley,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Those supporters were en route to a fifth-tier National League fixture (a big one — Southend have a shot at getting promoted back to the Football League) when Evan Johnston, a 21-year-old student from Arizona, mistook their boat for a cruise by a London landmarks tour company.—
Justin Guthrie,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Williams misjudged his header and the ball dropped for Tel, who blasted a left-footed shot into the stands.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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The military also misjudged the militant group's capabilities.—
MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, WAFAA SHURAFA, NATALIE MELZER AND TIA GOLDENBERG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Gage also miscalculated on the matter of disarming the colonists.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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But Aldrich had miscalculated and Hull had been too gloomy.—
Jesse Eisinger,
ProPublica,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Misestimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misestimate. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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