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misgauged

misgauged is the simple past and past participle of misgauge.

Meaning of misgauge

Verb

misgauge (third-person singular simple present misgauges, present participle misgauging, simple past and past participle misgauged)

  1. To gauge (measure) incorrectly
    • But Mr. Harrison blatantly stole the show by baldly admitting that his own bosses at Sony’s brain trust in Japan completely misgauged the direction of the entertainment industry.2008 February 28, Seth Schiesel, “As Gaming Turns Social, Industry Shifts Strategies”, in New York Times

Questions about misgauged

What is misgauged the simple past and past participle of?
Misgauged is the simple past and past participle of misgauge.

Words near misgauged in the dictionary

  1. misgathered
  2. misgathering
  3. misgathers
  4. misgating
  5. misgauge
  6. misgauged
  7. misgauges
  8. misgauging
  9. misgave
  10. misgender
  11. misgendered

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misgauged (page history and authors); misgauge (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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