misestimation

mis·es·ti·mate

M0335100 (mĭs-ĕs′tə-māt′)tr.v. mis·es·ti·mat·ed, mis·es·ti·mat·ing, mis·es·ti·mates To estimate incorrectly.

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mis·es′ti·mate (-mĭt) n.mis·es′ti·ma′tion n.

misestimation

(ˌmɪsɛstɪˈmeɪʃən) n another word for misestimate

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Noun

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misestimation - a mistake in calculating miscalculation, misreckoningerror, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"boomerang, backfire - a miscalculation that recoils on its makerrounding, rounding error - (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals; "the error in the calculation was attributable to rounding"; "taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small"truncation error - (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from cutting off a numerical calculation before it is finished

misestimation

nounA wrong calculation:miscalculation, misestimate, misjudgment, misreckoning.