Usually means: Incorrectly assess the size or amount.
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  1. mismeasure: Merriam-Webster
  2. mismeasure: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mismeasure: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Mismeasure, mismeasure: Wordnik
  5. mismeasure: Wiktionary
  6. Mismeasure, mismeasure: Dictionary.com
  7. mismeasure (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  8. Mismeasure: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. mismeasure: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Mismeasure: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. mismeasure: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Mismeasure: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mismeasure)

▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To measure incorrectly or inaccurately.
▸ noun:  mismeasurement

Similar:
undermeasure, misweigh, mismeter, misdetermine, misgauge, misrate, mismetre, miscalculate, misfigure, misset, more...

Opposite:
measure correctly, measure accurately, measure precisely

Phrases:
The Mismeasure of Man, more...
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Similar:
undermeasure, misweigh, mismeter, misdetermine, misgauge, misrate, mismetre, miscalculate, misfigure, misset, more...

Opposite:
measure correctly, measure accurately, measure precisely

Phrases:
The Mismeasure of Man, more...



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