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Verb: misestimate  mis'es-tu,meyt
  1. Judge incorrectly
    "I had misestimated his determination";
    - miscalculate
     
  2. (arithmetic) calculate incorrectly
    "I misestimated the number of guests at the wedding";
    - miscalculate

Derived forms: misestimated, misestimates, misestimating

Type of: calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure [N. Amer], misjudge, reckon, work out

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