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Definition of Misestimation
1. Noun. A mistake in calculating.
Generic synonyms: Error, Fault, Mistake
Specialized synonyms: Backfire, Boomerang, Rounding, Rounding Error, Truncation Error
Derivative terms: Miscalculate, Miscalculate, Misestimate
Definition of Misestimation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misestimation
Literary usage of Misestimation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"4. account, opinion, judgment, esteem, estimation, reckoning, regard, view; spec.
misestimation, misestimate. 5. ..."
2. History of Canada: From the Time of Its Discovery Till the Union Year (1840-1) by François Xavier Garneau (1860)
"... an untoward enunciation which we have not dwelt upon'as yet; namely, mortifying
misestimation of the oligarchic faction and the general population ; for ..."
3. The Electrical Engineer (1893)
"There is also the more complex error due to misestimation of the effective bar
length, for the reluctance of the bar will not only be encountered in the ..."
4. Medicare+Choice Program After One Year: Hearing Before the Committee on edited by Michael Bilirakis (1998)
"With regard to overstated rates from the 1997 misestimation, as we've noted, the
statute has not allowed us to make an adjustment for that particular ..."
5. The Principle of Protestantism as Related to the Present State of the Church by Philip Schaff (1845)
"With blind misestimation of the rights and prerogatives of the Reformed Church,
and of the special wants precisely of our time, they make Lutheranism to be ..."
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