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miscalculating

verb

present participle of miscalculate

as in underestimating

to make an incorrect judgment regarding they miscalculated how difficult the mountainous trek would be

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And businesses may be seriously underestimating the value of freeing up their people to have new ideas.

— Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Consensus estimates are underestimating the strength of the networking company's order book for 2027 and 2028, according to analysts.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of underestimating

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Responding Monday to Emmanuel Acho, who criticized the idea that her ejection represented white privilege, Carrington insisted people were misunderstanding her.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
The good news is that the IRS rarely charges severe penalties for honest mistakes or misunderstanding a complex tax code.

— Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 20 July 2026

Definition of misunderstanding

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Investors are misjudging, and then correcting, who or what will actually capture AI’s value.

— Diane Brady, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Rather than collisions caused by surrounding traffic, these incidents involved the vehicle misjudging objects directly in its path.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026

Definition of misjudging

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The risk is mistaking inspiration for logistics or assuming the big picture covers the fine print.

— Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
The death of a language is like that of square dancing, or of doing algebra by pencil and paper, and mistaking metaphor for reality is one of the surest routes to woolly thinking.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

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