misestimate

  • 11misestimate — verb (t) /mɪsˈɛstəmeɪt/ (say mis estuhmayt) (misestimated, misestimating) 1. to estimate wrongly or incorrectly. –noun /mɪsˈɛstəmət/ (say mis estuhmuht) 2. wrong estimate. –misestimation /mɪsɛstəˈmaɪʃən/ (say misestuh mayshuhn), noun …

  • 12misestimate — verb 1. judge incorrectly I had misestimated his determination • Syn: ↑miscalculate • Derivationally related forms: ↑miscalculation (for: ↑miscalculate) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 13misjudgment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Incorrect reasoning Nouns 1. misjudgment, miscalculation, misconception, miscomputation, error, hasty or snap conclusion, misinterpretation, misapprehension, misunderstanding, misconstruction,… …

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  • 14misjudge — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make a wrong judgment, usually of a person] Syn. presume, prejudge, suppose, presuppose, misapprehend, be partial, be overcritical, be unfair, be one sided, be misled, come to a hasty conclusion; see also misunderstand .… …

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  • 15misestimation — See misestimate. * * * …

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  • 16distort — I verb bend, camouflage, caricature, change out of recognition, change the face of, conceal, contort, corrupt, deform, disguise, disproportion, dissemble, distorquere, exaggerate, falsify, give a false idea, give a false impression, give a… …

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  • 17miscalculate — I verb be erroneous, be in error, be misguided, be misled, be mistaken, be wrong, blunder, calculate wrongly, commit an error, deceive oneself, deviate, err, errare, estimate incorrectly, fall into error, falli, go amiss, go astray, go awry, have …

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  • 18misconceive — I verb be deceived, be misguided, be misinformed, be misled, be mistaken, blunder, deceive oneself, delude oneself, distort the meaning, err, estimate incorrectly, fail to understand, fall into error, guess wrong, interpret incorrectly, labor… …

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  • 19misjudge — I verb be bewildered, be perplexed, blunder, err, err in judgment, estimate incorrectly, fail to recognize, have a wrong impression, judge erroneously, judge inaccurately, judge wrongly, make a mistake, make an error, male iudicare, misapprehend …

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  • 20overestimate — I verb adulate, aggrandize, attach too much importance to, enlarge, estimate too highly, exaggerate, exalt, exceed, expand, extol, flatter, glorify, inflate, magnify, make too much of, maximize, misestimate, misjudge, misrepresent, overassess,… …

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