verb
- past tense and past participle of misassume; to assume incorrectly or wrongly
Usage: formal; less common than 'mistaken' or 'misunderstood'
Examples
- She misassumed that he would be late and left without him.
- The team misassumed the client's budget constraints and proposed an overly expensive solution.
- He misassumed her silence meant agreement when she was actually upset.
- They misassumed the project deadline and submitted their work too early.
- I misassumed you had already read the email before I sent the follow-up.