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to mismeasure

to mismeasure

6.3
To check something in the wrong way and get the wrong size or amount
  • verb
  • /ˌmɪsˈmɛʒər/
translation icon : medir incorrectamente
  • To summarize the takeaways from this section, prices for key capital goods are mismeasured, and this mismeasurement varies over time.

I think I might, I might have, I might have mismeasured a little bit.

Examples

  • But the biases of standardization do more than mismeasure the knowledge and capacities of people.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Others complained that he had mismeasured his spots.

    Academic text (2000)

  • I think I might, I might have, I might have mismeasured a little bit.

    Rosanna Pansino

  • Still, we will usually take "mismeasured" to mean "causing GDP growth to be understated." #4.

    Academic text (2016)

  • There's a flip side to that is we've been mismeasuring the control group.

  • I must've mismeasured something during the planning stages, as I was afraid the PR would contact the JBL, but it can be about 1.5" higher.

    Blog text (31)

  • My mother mismeasured his sentiments because he was older; his emotional distance was cruel, and he blustered at times, but he was not a violent man.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • She realized she had mismeasured the wood, resulting in pieces that were too short for the project.

  • If you mismeasure the height of the building, the construction plans could be seriously affected.

  • The tailor mismeasured the fabric needed for the suit, causing delays in its completion.

Synonyms

to miscalculate
vsto mismeasure
23 4.5

To get an amount or time wrong

is about wrong results from finding sizes or quantities rather than numeric error
to misestimate
vsto mismeasure
1 6.5

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

is about getting sizes or quantities wrong rather than general judgment
to misgauge
vsto mismeasure
1 8.1

Judge or estimate something wrongly

is about wrong results from precise sizing rather than rough judgment

How Accurate

to measure
700 1.0
to mismeasure
6.3

Surface Forms

mismeasure infinitive
mismeasured past
mismeasured past participle
mismeasuring present participle
mismeasures third person singular

Morphology

mismeasure = measure (transparent) = mis + measure

Standard productive prefixation: mis- + verb measure = to measure incorrectly.

Etymology

Mismeasure puts mis- ('wrong') before measure, so it simply means 'to measure something incorrectly', which is why a mismeasured part will not fit or a recipe can fail.