as in to misunderstand
to make an incorrect judgment regarding
the candidate fatally misgauged voters' concerns, and his negative ads only served to alienate many would-be supporters
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Once the war began, some administration officials believed that Kyiv might fall within three days, a judgment that proved to deeply misunderstand Ukraine’s will to fight.—
Shane Harris,
The Atlantic,
17 Jan. 2025 -
Their generation’s sense of empathy misunderstands compassion.—
Armond White,
National Review,
15 Jan. 2025
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Grading the Polls: Despite a pretty accurate year, the pre-election polls once again underestimated support for Trump.—
Annie Karni,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Repurpose Your Resources Never underestimate the power of repurposing the resources around you to generate income.—
Rachelle Rutherford,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Among Underwood’s defenders is talk show host and actress Whoopi Goldberg, whom no one would mistake for a Trump fan.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
19 Jan. 2025
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No one could mistake it for the work of anyone else, itself a paradigm-breaking anomaly in a format otherwise defined by collective enterprise.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2025
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Already, Moscow has seriously misjudged its ability to rapidly defeat the Ukrainian military and to shake Western resolve.—
Andrea Kendall-Taylor,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Dec. 2024
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In a series of pre-registered experiments, it was found that individuals typically misjudge how much their outreach is appreciated, especially since the recipients (responders) focus more on their surprise at being contacted than the initiators do.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
21 Nov. 2024
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“Misgauge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misgauge. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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