to miscalculate
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4.5
- verb
- /ˌmɪsˈkælkjeɪt/
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calcular mal
- The company miscalculated the demand for its new product and ended up with too much inventory.
I just think that CNN miscalculated the event.
- I just think that CNN miscalculated the event.
- And I think one thing is clear, they the the Vladimir Putin miscalculated two things.
- And we've maybe miscalculated what our closer was, but we can't go back in time.
Examples
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But he miscalculated their potential support: only a handful rallied behind his grandiose project.
Academic text (2000) -
I hadn't intended to tip well, but had miscalculated in my confusion.
Fiction book (1995) -
Obviously, I miscalculated a few things.
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I miscalculated it by increasing the frequency.
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Even when the trend is known, forecasts tend to miscalculate reality.
Academic text (2009) -
Some public health people miscalculated the fight against a very powerful foe.
Academic text (2007) -
The Obama administration seriously miscalculated how its statements and actions would be perceived by both the Egyptian public and its leadership.
Academic text (2014) -
If Oglethorpe hoped that this would satisfy everyone, he miscalculated.
Academic text (2011) -
The disruptions caused by the American Revolution proved that the Bartlet-Campbell partnership had miscalculated its business strategy.
Academic text (2004) -
The pilot, miscalculating the tides, had driven the vessel onto a sandbar.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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3.7
To count something wrong
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6.5
Give a wrong idea of how big, how long, or how much something is
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8.1
Judge or estimate something wrongly
To check something in the wrong way and get the wrong size or amount
How Accurate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word miscalculate breaks into mis- meaning 'wrong', as in mistake, and calculate, which originally comes from a word for the small stones people used to count with. So, to miscalculate is to 'count' or judge something wrongly, which is why it means to make a mistake in a calculation or estimate.