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misˈmeasure, v.
[mis-1 1.]
trans. To measure or estimate incorrectly.
1742Young Nt. Th. v. 974 With aim mis-measur'd, and impetuous speed. Ibid. ix. 1330 Time, eternity! ('Tis these, mis-measur'd, ruin all mankind). 1851E. FitzGerald Euphranor 72 The moralist who worked alone and..in his closet was most apt to mismeasure Humanity. a1859De Quincey Brevia iv. in Posth. Wks. (1891) I. 261 What motive should that furnish him for mismeasuring Nineveh?
So misˈmeasurement, wrong measurement.
1859Mill Diss. & Disc. I. 392 note, The habitual mismeasurement of the..value of things. 1900Morley Cromwell iii. i. 204 Mismeasurement of forces. |