Definition

To evaluate or assess something incorrectly.

Example

The critic seemed to misrate the film, giving it a much lower score than it deserved.

Tense Forms

Conversation

I think I might have misrated that movie in my review.

Oh really? What made you change your mind?

I just realized I focused too much on the negatives.

That happens sometimes; it’s easy to misrate something when you're feeling critical.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Root Explanation

Misrate → It is formed from "mis-" (meaning wrongly or badly) and "rate" (from Old French *rate*, meaning to fix a value or estimate). The word "misrate" means to wrongly estimate or assign a value to something.

Memory Tip

Think of 'mis-' meaning wrongly and 'rate' meaning to estimate — so misrate means to estimate something incorrectly.

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