misvalue

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verb

To value wrongly: to misjudge the value of.

OriginEnglish value ← Middle English mys- ← Old English mis- →
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Meanings

verbmisvalue (third-person singular simple present misvalues, present participle misvaluing, simple past and past participle misvalued)

present singular third person misvalues · participle present misvaluing · participle past misvalued · past misvalued

  1. transitiveTo value wrongly: to misjudge the value of.

    Gombrich generalizes his argument: all norms of progress misvalue art by over-rating their own achievement, under-rating other styles, and by viewing previous styles as precursors to their own work.

    1994, Sheldon Saul Richmond, Aesthetic Criteria: Gombrich and the Philosophies of Science of Popper and Polanyi, Rodopi, →ISBN, page 59

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Englishvalue
  10. Englishmisvalue

From mis- + value.

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APA

misvalue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misvalue

MLA

“misvalue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misvalue. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misvalue,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misvalue.

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