misesteems

verb

present tense third-person singular of misesteem
as in underestimates

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misesteems
  1. underestimates
  2. undervalues
  3. overestimates
  4. overvalues
Verb
  • That reading badly underestimates the scale of what’s coming.
    — Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Although this condition is linked to a wide variety of negative health effects, the public chronically underestimates its seriousness.
    — Marie Doyle, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of underestimates
Verb
  • The preseason ranking undervalues Miami, the sportsbooks don’t.
    — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Abundance movement counters that this undervalues those who move somewhere new and come to love it just as fiercely.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 9 June 2026
Definition of undervalues
Verb
  • The critic's power stems from the brain's inherent negativity bias, a survival mechanism that overestimates threats.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Hopkins is, perhaps, the closest thing this story has to a Kornev—a principled outsider who ultimately overestimates the value of his own empathy and knowledge.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Definition of overestimates
Verb
  • Some think that price tag significantly overvalues the company.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 June 2026
  • By including rising rents into the calculation for how much landlord expenses are increasing, the data overvalues landlord expenses to justify further rent increases.
    — Joanne Grell, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
Definition of overvalues
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