misreckons

verb

present tense third-person singular of misreckon
as in miscounts

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misreckons
  1. underestimates
  2. underrates
  3. undervalues
  4. overestimates
Verb
  • In the Hopkins study, pulse oximeters gradually shifted from overestimates to underestimates over the course of the five years when compared to arterial blood gas tests.
    — Anil Oza, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In my experience, that severely underestimates the situation.
    — Xavier Gabriels, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of underestimates
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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
Definition of underrates
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  • The preseason ranking undervalues Miami, the sportsbooks don’t.
    — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Abundance movement counters that this undervalues those who move somewhere new and come to love it just as fiercely.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 9 June 2026
Definition of undervalues
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  • The critic's power stems from the brain's inherent negativity bias, a survival mechanism that overestimates threats.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Hopkins is, perhaps, the closest thing this story has to a Kornev—a principled outsider who ultimately overestimates the value of his own empathy and knowledge.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Definition of overestimates
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“Misreckons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misreckons. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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