misestimation
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- noun
- /ˌmɪsˌɛstəˈmeɪʃən/
- His misestimation of the project's budget led to several unforeseen expenses.
Examples
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The critics who praise Rayuela often adopt Cortázar's misestimations.
Academic text (2001) -
The misestimation of standard error that occurs in traditional methods of analysis, when the individual responses are not independent, is corrected by using hierarchical linear modeling.
Academic text (1998) -
Many businesses face challenges due to a misestimation of their target market's needs.
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The team's misestimation caused them to miss the deadline by several weeks.
Synonyms
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A wrong belief, calculation, or action
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4.2
A wrong estimate of numbers or plans that causes problems
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4.9
A mistake in information or measurement
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3.6
A wrong decision about a person or situation
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4.2
An incorrect count of items such as votes
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9.5
An error in calculating numbers or amounts
How Accurate
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
misestimation = misestimate (transparent) = mis + estimate + ion
Formed by adding the productive nominalizing suffix '-ion' to the verb 'misestimate'; the meaning 'an incorrect estimate' follows directly.
Etymology
Misestimation comes from the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong', as in mistake, and from estimate meaning 'to guess or judge a number or value'. So, a misestimation is simply a 'wrong guess' or 'incorrect judgment' when you try to estimate something.