misguessing
Erring in prediction
Misguessing is guessing incorrectly or making a wrong estimation.
The word emphasizes the error rather than the attempt: I kept misguessing her age by a decade.
It appears in contexts where someone has made repeated or consequential mistakes in judgment: The campaign's misguessing of voter priorities cost them the election.
Foolish, costly mistake
- misjudgmentFaulty evaluation of something
- miscalculationError in estimation
- misestimateJudge incorrectly
- misreadInterpret text incorrectly
misinterpretation · misstep · inaccuracy · misreckoning · misapprehension · misconstrue · miscount · miscompute
Guess from limited facts
- estimationApproximate value judgment
- approximationNear but inexact value
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
- hunchUnproven inner sense
intuition · supposition · assumption · presumption · prediction · hypothesis · inference · deduction
Failure to grasp meaning
- misbeliefFalse notion held true
- fallacyError in reasoning
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
false impression · misapprehension · wrong idea · mistaken belief · erroneous assumption · misinformation · distortion · misrepresentation
blunder
Foolish, costly mistake
- misjudgmentFaulty evaluation of something
- miscalculationError in estimation
- misestimateJudge incorrectly
misread · misinterpretation · misstep · inaccuracy · misreckoning · misapprehension · misconstrue · miscount · miscompute · oversight
conjecture
Guess from limited facts
- estimationApproximate value judgment
- approximationNear but inexact value
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
hunch · intuition · supposition · assumption · presumption · prediction · hypothesis · inference · deduction · shot in the dark
misunderstanding
Failure to grasp meaning
illusion · false impression · misapprehension · wrong idea · mistaken belief · erroneous assumption · misinformation · distortion · misrepresentation · confusion
misguessinghitting the mark
Achieving intended result
knowing · nailing it · figuring out · getting it right · sound judgment
misguessingknowing
Possessing awareness or insight
deducing · reasoning · figuring out · calculating · determining
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