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misvaluate

misvaluate verb: to valuate inaccurately; to make a misvaluation.

Verb

misvaluate (third-person singular simple present misvaluates, present participle misvaluating, simple past and past participle misvaluated)

  1. To valuate inaccurately; to make a misvaluation.
    • But when new bats dive after mealworms whose trajectories they have misvaluated, the buzz may be extended to 500 milliseconds .1965, United States. 6570th Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories, Technical Documentary Report: AMRL-TDR - Issue 172, page 43
    • These reseaarchers found that individuals misvaluate this type of function.1991, Jerry Green, Economics Letters, page 300

Forms of misvaluate

third-person singular presentmisvaluates
present participlemisvaluating
past participlemisvaluated
pastmisvaluated

Origin of misvaluate

From mis- + valuate.

Questions about misvaluate

What does misvaluate mean?
Misvaluate means to valuate inaccurately; to make a misvaluation.
What part of speech is misvaluate?
Misvaluate is a verb.
What is the past tense of misvaluate?
The past tense of misvaluate is misvaluated.

Words near misvaluate in the dictionary

  1. misutilizing
  2. misutter
  3. misuttered
  4. misuttering
  5. misutters
  6. misvaluate
  7. misvaluated
  8. misvaluates
  9. misvaluating
  10. misvaluation
  11. misvaluations

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