misprizing

verb

present participle of misprize
as in misesteeming

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  1. underestimating
  2. undervaluing
  3. misjudging
  4. testing
  5. analyzing
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  • Analysts suggest that the market may be underestimating the impact of the Middle East situation on inflation.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But if the Heat’s shooters are at their best, everyone also might be underestimating this group’s offensive ceiling.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of underestimating
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  • That suggests the foreign exchange market is significantly undervaluing the yen.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Stop undervaluing yourself, period.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Definition of undervaluing
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  • The consequences of misjudging the route to that point are already visible.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Investors are misjudging, and then correcting, who or what will actually capture AI’s value.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of misjudging
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  • Mice treated with the grafts also did better on tasks testing their memory and spatial learning.
    — Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Other companies are testing longer-acting biologics, including one experimental drug aiming for a single injection just once a year, compared with the every-two-month schedule most patients follow now.
    — Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of testing
Verb
  • Markovic is a deputy principal investigator for one of the teams tasked with analyzing the barrage of data (enough to fill up the storage on about 40,000 laptops over Roman’s five-year mission).
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Researchers often study natural processes by modeling them as computations and analyzing them mathematically.
    — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of analyzing
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