miscalculation
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- noun
- /ˌmɪsˌkælkyəˈleɪʃən/
- Her miscalculation of the travel time caused her to miss the flight.
- strategic miscalculation
- naive miscalculation
- made a miscalculation
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- 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
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1.0
A wrong belief, calculation, or action
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4.9
A mistake in information or measurement
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3.6
A wrong decision about a person or situation
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4.3
A small mistake in a calculation when you shorten numbers to fewer decimal places
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6.5
A thing that is not exact or clear, for example a measurement
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4.2
An estimate that is lower than the real value
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3.5
An estimate that is lower than the real amount
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4.9
An estimate that is higher than the real amount
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7.4
An incorrect size or amount found when you check something
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5.4
A mistake in the steps a program uses that gives wrong results
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8.0
A wrong guess about how much or how likely something is
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7.4
An incorrect amount or size you find when you check something
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9.5
An error in calculating numbers or amounts
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
Antonyms
How Accurate
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- Specialized
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2.8
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2.6
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4.2
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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.