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to misvalue

to misvalue

7.9
To say something is worth the wrong amount
  • verb
  • /ˌmɪsˈvæljuː/
translation icon : subvalorar
  • Many investors tend to misvalue the potential risks associated with new technology.

Examples

  • Right, but the AAA turned out to be worth 0.30 on a dollar because the artifact was misvalued in the first place.

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  • Under reform legislation, Congress has also granted the Secretary of HHS the power to review the Medicare payment schedule and adjust "misvalued" physicians' services to prevent either overtreatment or undertreatment.

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  • They, they, they, they misvalue risks in all kinds of ways.

  • "This is the immediate utility of aesthetic education that many parents have misunderstood and consequently misvalued—yes, undervalued!

    Academic text (1997)
  • Of course, though, the rules are a bit different for the ultra-rich... they can (for instance) buy a company, issue stock, and value it at next to nothing (even though that's not what it is really worth) and then deposit this obscenely misvalued stock into their IRAs in order to have a nice 'nest egg' to draw upon come retirement.

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  • If you misvalue the importance of saving money, you might struggle with financial stability later on.

  • She realized she had misvalued her friend's contributions to the project after receiving positive feedback.

Synonyms

to miscalculate
vsto misvalue
23 4.5

To get an amount or time wrong

assigns wrong monetary worth rather than just a numeric error
to misestimate
vsto misvalue
1 6.5

Give a wrong idea of how big, how long, or how much something is

assigns an inappropriate precise worth rather than a general estimate
to misgauge
vsto misvalue
1 8.1

Judge or estimate something wrongly

focuses on setting an exact worth instead of a general judgment

How Accurately Valued

to value
107 3.0
to misvalue
7.9
to overvalue
13 5.8

Surface Forms

misvalue infinitive
misvalued past
misvalued past participle
misvaluing present participle
misvalues third person singular

Morphology

misvalue = value (transparent) = mis + value

Clear prefixation of 'mis-' (meaning 'wrongly') onto the verb 'value' to form a verb meaning 'to value wrongly'.

Etymology

Misvalue comes from the parts mis- meaning 'wrong' and value meaning 'worth'. So to misvalue something is to give it the 'wrong' value or price.