misestimate
Collocations
3ADJ.
plain
VERB + MISESTIMATE
compared
ADV.
such
Definitions
verb
To estimate erroneously.
[W]e shall infallibly bestow a disproportionate attention upon those which our theory takes into account, while we mis-estimate the rest, and probably underrate their importance.
However, in the absence of real data on actual language use in the aural-oral landscape, there will always exist the possibility to misestimate such impacts.
noun
An erroneous estimate.
This was due not to pro-German sympathies but to a plain misestimate (not confined to him) of the real relative strengths of the various political forces.
To illustrate the nature of this problem, a misestimate of 0.01 on a favorite whose true winning probability is 0.20 is, in percentage terms, quite small compared to a misestimate of 0.01 on a long shot whose true winning probability is 0.04.
Thesaurus
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4[W]e shall infallibly bestow a disproportionate attention upon those which our theory takes into account, while we mis-estimate the rest, and probably underrate their importance.
WiktionaryHowever, in the absence of real data on actual language use in the aural-oral landscape, there will always exist the possibility to misestimate such impacts.
WiktionaryThis was due not to pro-German sympathies but to a plain misestimate (not confined to him) of the real relative strengths of the various political forces.
WiktionaryTo illustrate the nature of this problem, a misestimate of 0.01 on a favorite whose true winning probability is 0.20 is, in percentage terms, quite small compared to a misestimate of 0.01 on a long sh
Wiktionary