misevaluate

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ evaluate.

Verb

misevaluate (third-person singular simple present misevaluates, present participle misevaluating, simple past and past participle misevaluated)

1. To evaluate inaccurately or incorrectly.
   • 1970, William Frank Fischer, Theories of Anxiety, page 159:

     Eventually , the organism experiences itself as fundamentally endangered; to misevaluate the environment is to place oneself in jeopardy.

   • 2013, Simon Kirchin, Thick Concepts, page 166:

     If objectionable thick concepts are evaluative but misevaluate, there can be behaviors which are, say, lewd or perverted, but which are not bad.

   • 2020, Guy Axtell, Amiel Bernal, Epistemic Paternalism, page 227:

     As with the jurors who are likely to misevaluate the evidential import of certain pieces of evidence, the audience in this case is likely to misevaluate the testimony coming from women of color regarding instances of domestic violence.

Related terms

• misevaluation

Translations

evaluate inaccurately

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 誤判／误判 (zh) (wùpàn)

• Finnish: arvioida väärin
• French: please add this translation if you can