misgauge

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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  • Is Big, Beautiful And Sad Northern Lights Alert For 17 States After ‘Double Eruption’ On Sun Time Blocking as a Leadership Act Time blocking, often misunderstood as a simple productivity hack, is in fact a form of proactive alignment.
    Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Teachers commonly misunderstood his methods of self-regulation, such as stimming by flapping his hands, as a threat.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
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  • As simple as that: is McLaren underestimating Verstappen?
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Finally, organizations underestimate the hidden costs of talent turnover.
    Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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  • The Automatique is a time-only three-hand watch, but don’t mistake its restrained elegance with being basic.
    Kristen Shirley, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Those supporters were en route to a fifth-tier National League fixture (a big one — Southend have a shot at getting promoted back to the Football League) when Evan Johnston, a 21-year-old student from Arizona, mistook their boat for a cruise by a London landmarks tour company.
    Justin Guthrie, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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  • Panama goalkeeper Orlando Mosquera grossly misjudged the flight of the ball, missing Roberto Alvarado’s cross completely.
    Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • As evidenced by what went down on Wednesday night, Harrison and team owner Patrick Dumont badly misjudged how the fans would handle this trade.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Misgauge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misgauge. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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