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miscalculated

verb

past tense of miscalculate

as in misunderstood

to make an incorrect judgment regarding they miscalculated how difficult the mountainous trek would be

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Mangione's attorneys then fired back Monday in a response to the DA's office's letter, saying prosecutors had misunderstood their position.

— Greg Wehner , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Either dark energy is a real phenomenon, causing the universe to grow bigger at a faster and faster rate, or there is no dark energy at all, and scientists have somehow misunderstood the laws of gravity at cosmic scales.

— Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 July 2026

Definition of misunderstood

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Lampkin could be more of an outlier than an example, but there’s little doubt he’s been underestimated — something Lampkin acknowledged upon arriving last season.

— Zach Berman, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Being underestimated based on her beauty often put her at an advantage.

— Judy Berman, Time, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of underestimated

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Deebo Samuel, not Cowing, was the team’s punt returner to open the game, and Cowing misjudged one of his early attempts, allowing the ball to bounce in front of him.

— Matt Barrows, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
The extent of harm, after all, can be misjudged by those suffering it, and complaints are not always offered by the frightened captive.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of misjudged

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When one of the Fox sportscasters mistook Matt Damon for Brad Pitt, several news organizations mistakenly reported that Pitt was there.

— Bobby Allyn, NPR, 13 Aug. 2026
In that are shades of Woodstock 1994, where Green Day and the crowd flung mud at each other, and Dirnt wound up getting his front teeth knocked out by a security guard who mistook him for a fan.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

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