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misprognosticate en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) ▲ Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) ▲ Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs) Ancient Greek πρόγνωσῐς (prógnōsĭs) ▲ Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek προγνωστῐκός (prognōstĭkós)der. Medieval Latin prognosticus Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Medieval Latin prognosticareder. English prognosticate English misprognosticate From mis- + prognosticate.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To make an incorrect prediction.
   • On the other hand, if you use a lower grade of stimulation (i.E. 1% citric acid) and the same critical value for choosing treatment or not, you will still misprognosticate 2 patients but treat no fewer than 6 patients ( i.e. almost 16 % ) unnecessarily, and wrongly believe that you have found a very good kind of treatment, as can be seen in Fig. 7. 1977, Ugo Fisch, Facial Nerve Surgery, page 141:
   • […] were Victims of a basic confusion between religion and nationalism which led them to misinterpret past Jewish history, to misunderstand present Jewish needs, and to misprognosticate […] 1976 Winter, Janet Koffler O'Dea, “Israel With and Without Religion: An Appreciation of Kaufmann's" Golah ve-Nekhar”, in Judaism, volume 25, number 1:
   • Misprognosticating pundits — most famously ABC's Sam Donaldson, who declared days into the scandal: " This thing is not going to drag out ” —remain unbowed. 1999, U.S. News & World Report - Volume 126, page 36:
   • My point, which has been entirely lost or misplaced, is that no one can predict the future, not even I can, which is why I said: "I expected inflation with the post 2008 printing of money." Listening to wild voices in the wilderness made me misprognosticate the state of the economy. 2016 August 24, Denny Schlesinger, “Investment Analysis Clubs / Macro Economic Trends and Risks: Re: Coming Hyperinflation”, in The Motley Fool, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2022:

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