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misvaluate

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Etymology

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From mis- +‎ valuate.

Verb

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misvaluate (third-person singular simple present misvaluates, present participle misvaluating, simple past and past participle misvaluated)

  1. To valuate inaccurately; to make a misvaluation.
    • 1965, United States. 6570th Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories, Technical Documentary Report: AMRL-TDR - Issue 172, page 43:
      But when new bats dive after mealworms whose trajectories they have misvaluated, the buzz may be extended to 500 milliseconds .
    • 1991, Jerry Green, Economics Letters, page 300:
      These reseaarchers found that individuals misvaluate this type of function.
    • 2004, Organización Demócrata Cristiana de América, Programmatic Bases for the New Century, page 113:
      However, this lack of confidence does not mean that citizenship misvaluates democracy; the fact is that currently its demands to the system are higher .