Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To estimate incorrectly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To estimate erroneously.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To estimate erroneously.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
estimate erroneously .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb calculate incorrectly
- verb judge incorrectly
Etymologies
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Examples
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In most actions, dogs do not grossly misestimate their abilities.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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In most actions, dogs do not grossly misestimate their abilities.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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For many people, the a risky 3% gambling opportunity might just look like it could pay off, if they misestimate the size of the risk involved in a copycat business.
Daily Links, March 25, 2007 Michael Turton 2007
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For many people, a risky 3% gambling opportunity might just look like it could pay off, if they misestimate the size of the risk involved in a copycat business.
Daily Links, March 25, 2007 Michael Turton 2007
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For many people, the a risky 3% gambling opportunity might just look like it could pay off, if they misestimate the size of the risk involved in a copycat business.
Daily Links, March 25, 2007 Michael Turton 2007
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For many people, the a risky 3% gambling opportunity might just look like it could pay off, if they misestimate the size of the risk involved in a copycat business.
Daily Links, March 25, 2007 Michael Turton 2007
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For many people, the a risky 3% gambling opportunity might just look like it could pay off, if they misestimate the size of the risk involved in a copycat business.
Daily Links, March 25, 2007 Michael Turton 2007
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For many people, the a risky 3% gambling opportunity might just look like it could pay off, if they misestimate the size of the risk involved in a copycat business.
Daily Links, March 25, 2007 Michael Turton 2007
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Inside of 100 yards, you can be 6 inches off if you misestimate the wind or drop, and you'll still hit a deer in the vitals.
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Because of hostility and resentment, I may misestimate or entirely misunderstand someone else's attitude toward me, suspecting them of trying to do me in, when in fact there is nothing to the suggestion.
Warranted Christian Belief 1932- 2000
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