As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
MISMEASURE
Etymology
Verb
mismeasure (third-person singular simple present mismeasures, present participle mismeasuring, simple past and past participle mismeasured)
(transitive, intransitive) To measure incorrectly or inaccurately.
Noun
mismeasure
mismeasurement
Source: Wiktionary
Mis*meas"ure, v. t.
Definition: To measure or estimate incorrectly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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