mis-estimate

mis·es·ti·mate

[v. mis-es-tuh-meyt; n. mis-es-tuh-mit] verb, mis·es·ti·mat·ed, mis·es·ti·mat·ing, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to estimate wrongly or inadequately.
noun
2.
a wrong or inadequate estimate.

Origin:
1835–45; mis-1 + estimate

mis·es·ti·ma·tion, noun
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misestimate

verb
1. judge incorrectly; "I had misestimated his determination" [syn: miscalculate
2. calculate incorrectly; "I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding" [syn: miscalculate
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Mis-estimate is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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