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misesteem

verb

Definition of misesteem

as in to underestimate

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Still, Wall Street appears to be greatly underestimating the size of the opportunity and the pace of AI adoption.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of underestimate

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Many firms also overestimate their hardware utilization, often running at single-digit percentages.

— Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
According to some reports, these tests typically overestimate things like range by between 15 percent and 30 percent.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of overestimate

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To pretend otherwise, to act as if survival in these conditions is simply beyond this group, underrates them but is fundamentally far too kind to them.

— Ben Jones, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Garrett Wilson is underrated and has consistently been a 1,000-yard receiver when healthy.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of underrate

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