misestimate

verb

mis·​es·​ti·​mate ˌmis-ˈe-stə-ˌmāt 

misestimated; misestimating

transitive verb

: to estimate (something) wrongly

He reopens one of the epic disputes of the cold war, namely whether the C.I.A. misestimated Soviet military and economic strength in the 1970's …

—Philip Taubman

misestimate

ˌmis-ˈe-stə-mət 

noun

plural misestimates

His misestimate was big but inconsequential, at least in the short term.

—Ross Ramsey

misestimation

ˌmis-ˌe-stə-ˈmā-shən 

noun

plural misestimations

a serious misestimation of the charges

Synonyms

• miscalculate
• misconceive
• misdeem
• misgauge
• misjudge
• mismeasure
• mistake

Examples of misestimate in a Sentence

sorely misestimated the character of the young man they hired to look after their vacation home

Word History

First Known Use

1809, in the meaning defined above