misassessment
Getting it wrong
Misassessment is a wrong or inaccurate evaluation of something.
The word applies to any situation where judgment has gone astray—a teacher's misassessment of a student's abilities, an appraiser's misassessment of property value, a doctor's misassessment of symptoms: The misassessment of risk led to the project's failure.
evaluation
Faulty evaluation of something
- miscalculationError in estimation
- errorFault in communication
- underestimationJudging below actual value
- overestimationJudging something too high
misjudgment
Faulty evaluation of something
- miscalculationError in estimation
- errorFault in communication
- underestimationJudging below actual value
overestimation · inaccuracy · misreading · misinterpretation
undervaluation
Rating below actual worth
- overvaluationAppraising too highly
misdiagnosis
Incorrect identification of ailment
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