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MISGAUGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does misgauge mean? 

MISGAUGE (verb)
  The verb MISGAUGE has 1 sense:

1. gauge something incorrectly or improperlyplay

  Familiarity information: MISGAUGE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MISGAUGE (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Gauge something incorrectly or improperly

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "misgauge" is one way to...):

approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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