misestimate noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •An erroneous estimate.This was due not to pro-German sympathies but to a plain misestimate (not confined to him) of the real relative strengths of the various political forces. — 1956 verb1 •To estimate erroneously.[W]e shall infallibly bestow a disproportionate attention upon those which our theory takes into account, while we mis-estimate the rest, and probably underrate their importance. — 1846 formsmisestimated · misestimating · misestimates