as in to misunderstand
to make an incorrect judgment regarding
the television network seriously mismeasured public reaction to the unceremonious dismissal of the popular anchorwoman
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Recent Examples of mismeasure
Then, if all goes smoothly, a journey down the Nile — which might, after all, also be mismeasured — could be next.
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Marina Dias, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
This was the quality that was mismeasured by the sensors and misinterpreted by the control unit of the Boeing 737 Max, contributing to the two crashes of that airliner.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 May 2019
Marina Dias, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
This was the quality that was mismeasured by the sensors and misinterpreted by the control unit of the Boeing 737 Max, contributing to the two crashes of that airliner.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 May 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mismeasure
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Miss why someone has a gun, misunderstand how to help Standing before a class of a dozen new gun owners in summer 2023, firearms instructor Jieire Vance ticked through slides.John Diedrich, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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The Brazilian seemed to misunderstand Johnson’s position.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Two years before this, Purdue warned the U.S. not to underestimate China's determination to win the space war.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Even those alarming figures underestimate the true danger.Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
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Without signaling this, people who have not experienced this style of leadership before might mistake you as such and proceed to tell your agents that this is an issue and a derailer on your path to promotion.Stephen Miles, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Dylan, clearly thinking about food, mistakes the question, thinking he’s being asked about bratwurst.Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2024
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On top of the health criticism, Kraft Heinz misjudged school districts’ interest in Lunchables and ability to pay for them.Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
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Dave Dickert, founder of Branded Bills, said the move will help the company grow in one place, after misjudging how fast the business would grow and having to move seven times in the past nine years.Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Mismeasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mismeasure. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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