misestimate

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   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.
   • However, in the absence of real data on actual language use in the aural-oral landscape, there will always exist the possibility to misestimate such impacts.
2. 2

   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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