miscalculation
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4.2
- noun
- /ˌmɪsˌkælkyəˈleɪʃən/
:
error de cálculo
- Her miscalculation of the travel time caused her to miss the flight.
- strategic miscalculation
- naive miscalculation
- made a miscalculation
What happens if we do a miscalculation here?
- What happens if we do a miscalculation here?
- Words they said about us, past mistakes, past miscalculations or regrettable incidents or things we did wrong.
- It's a scary, grim momentum that is unpredictable and the chances of miscalculation and escalation are growing.
- The first one is a nuclear war occurring by accident or by miscalculation.
- It's not so much a crime of of selfishness or self preservation, it's a crime of miscalculation.
- The war is a result of the miscalculation of of a dictator who believes that he could move far without meeting adequate response.
- Again, it's the word miscalculation that troubles me.
- And I think that his biggest miscalculation and I think, tell me if you think that's right, Chris.
Examples
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A single miscalculation will cost you the game.
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The proposal itself may go down as the most foolhardy miscalculation in renewable energy history.
Academic text (2004) -
Already she knew that this had been a terrible miscalculation on her part.
Fiction book (1999) -
But we had made one miscalculation.
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You see, it was a miscalculation.
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I've made a serious miscalculation.
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Even a small miscalculation could increase our symptoms exponentially or perhaps even kill us.
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In the end, however, this strategic miscalculation caught up with Amoco.
Academic text (1998) -
Many of the original miscalculations made by the Bush administration are well known.
Academic text (2004) -
World War II was a disastrous miscalculation for the great capitalist powers of Europe and Japan.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
306
1.0
A wrong belief, calculation, or action
24
4.9
A mistake in information or measurement
9
3.6
A wrong decision about a person or situation
3
4.2
An estimate that is lower than the real value
3
6.5
A thing that is not exact or clear, for example a measurement
2
3.5
An estimate that is lower than the real amount
2
4.3
A small mistake in a calculation when you shorten numbers to fewer decimal places
1
4.9
An estimate that is higher than the real amount
An error in calculating numbers or amounts
A wrong guess about how much or how likely something is
An incorrect size or amount found when you check something
An incorrect amount or size you find when you check something
A wrong amount given for how much something is worth
An estimate that is lower than the real value
Calculating something as larger than it really is
A mistake in the steps a program uses that gives wrong results
Antonyms
How Accurate
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4.1
- Specialized
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2.8
370
2.6
30
4.2
768
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
miscalculation = calculation (transparent) = mis + calculate + ion
Clear addition of the productive prefix 'mis-' meaning 'wrong' or 'incorrect' to the noun 'calculation', yielding 'an incorrect calculation'.
Etymology
Miscalculation comes from the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and calculate meaning 'to count or work out', as in calculator. So a miscalculation is a 'wrong count' or a mistake made when you work out numbers or estimate a situation.