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misgauging

misgauging is the present participle and gerund 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 misgauging

What is misgauging the present participle and gerund of?
Misgauging is the present participle and gerund of misgauge.

Words near misgauging in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misgauging (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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