misestimated

verb

past tense of misestimate
as in misunderstood
to make an incorrect judgment regarding sorely misestimated the character of the young man they hired to look after their vacation home

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  1. misunderstood
  2. underestimated
  3. misjudged
Verb
  • Mangione's attorneys then fired back Monday in a response to the DA's office's letter, saying prosecutors had misunderstood their position.
    — Greg Wehner , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Either dark energy is a real phenomenon, causing the universe to grow bigger at a faster and faster rate, or there is no dark energy at all, and scientists have somehow misunderstood the laws of gravity at cosmic scales.
    — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
Definition of misunderstood
Verb
  • Without a constant flow of information, students could have easily underestimated the importance of voting in an off-year election.
    — Emily Ebersman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Anyone can be underestimated for a long time based on many factors.
    — Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of underestimated
Verb
  • The extent of harm, after all, can be misjudged by those suffering it, and complaints are not always offered by the frightened captive.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The Miami goalkeeper misjudged the ball, and Mukhtar showed composure to slot home his second and Nashville’s fourth.
    — Dean Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of misjudged
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