as in to misunderstand
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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Here are two key areas of the program that Americans tend to misunderstand: 1.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
24 July 2025 -
Actors may be influenced by emotion or misinformation, collude or form cartels, misunderstand incentives or lack information.—
Ali Faizan Rizvi,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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The logistical difficulty of smuggling datacenter-grade hardware is often underestimated; these GPUs arrive preassembled into racks that can weigh over 3,600 pounds, making physical diversion highly impractical.—
Patrick Moorhead,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Try this harder alternative first Before turning immediately to medications, don’t underestimate what consistent lifestyle changes can do, not just for your blood sugar but for your whole life.—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
14 July 2025
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Rocking chairs line patios that overlook an 8.5 acre retention pond big enough to be mistaken for a lake, one of the only visual clues that this is the South, not south of San Francisco.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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Nevada’s chukar season was still open, and hunters’ tracks were mistaken for Dallas’.—
Jim Zumbo,
Outdoor Life,
17 July 2025
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Washington has a history of profoundly misjudging the character of Vladimir Putin.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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The Agriculture Ministry is under fire for delaying releases of emergency rice reserves, which normally are kept for disasters, and for misjudging the demand-supply balance.—
Mari Yamaguchi,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 May 2025
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Despite years of legal experience, judges often miscalculate a defendant’s risk of committing another crime.—
Robert Pearl,
Twin Cities,
14 June 2025
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Aside from underestimating the vulnerabilities of Russia’s military, analysts have suggested that Moscow also miscalculated the support Russia would receive from Ukrainians in the country’s east who have close ethnic ties to Russia.—
Ben Horne,
The Conversation,
21 May 2025
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“Misestimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misestimate. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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