Home › Words › M › misgaugemisgaugemisgauge means to gauge (measure) incorrectly.EtymologyFrom mis- + gauge.verbTo gauge (measure) incorrectlye.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.mismeasure 74% match — To measure incorrectly or inaccurately. vs misgauge →misguesstimate 74% match — To guesstimate incorrectly. vs misgauge →misjudge 64% match — To make an error in judging, to incorrectly assess. vs misgauge →misgrip 62% match — To grip improperly. vs misgauge →misset 62% match — To set, adjust or calibrate incorrectly. vs misgauge →misrate 62% match — To rate erroneously. vs misgauge →misgovern 60% match — To govern badly or wrongly. vs misgauge →misdeem 60% match — To misjudge, to deem wrongly. vs misgauge →