misinterpolate

Etymology

From mis- + interpolate.

misinterpolate means To misestimate an interpolated data value. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

verb

To misestimate an interpolated data value.“These codes invariably misinterpolated the temperature values between two somewhat separated data transects, but did reasonably well in fitting the data close to the transects themselves.”
To insert or introduce an incorrect value into the middle of something else.“Indeed there are numerous instances during the composition of Finnegans Wake where the hapless typists, confused by Joyce's conventions, misinterpolated additions into the text.”