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Mismeasure

Mismeasure \Mis*meas"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. To measure or estimate incorrectly.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mismeasure

1742; see mis- (1) + measure (v.). Related: Mismeasured; mismeasuring.

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mismeasure

vb. (context transitive intransitive English) To measure incorrectly or inaccurately.

Usage examples of "mismeasure".

Gould, S J The Mismeasure of Man, Norton, 1981: Harrington, A Medicine, Mind and the Double Brain, Princeton University Press, 1987.

He wandered off then, shouting at one of the thanes who had mismeasured the placement of a hazel-rod.

He did not know what we betokened, but he had not mismeasured our value.

There is always, always some overlooked or mismeasured factor, or a stew of factors.

Sometimes we came to a jog in the hallway, as if its builders had started from both ends agreeing to meet in the middle, but mismeasured by a handspan or two.