misreckoning
- noun
- /ˌmɪsˈrɛkənɪŋ/
:
error de cálculo
- The accountant's misreckoning led to a significant financial loss.
Examples
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The expedition failed due to a serious misreckoning of the distance to the next water source.
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The engineer's misreckoning on the load-bearing capacity caused a delay in the construction project.
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His loss in the tournament was the result of a crucial misreckoning during the final match.
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She realized her misreckoning only after comparing the figures twice.
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She realized her misreckoning after reviewing the figures.
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The exploration team faced a setback because of a misreckoning in their calculated route.
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After recalculating, he discovered his earlier misreckoning had cost them important time.
Synonyms
306
1.0
A wrong belief, calculation, or action
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4.2
A wrong estimate of numbers or plans that causes problems
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4.9
A mistake in information or 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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4.3
A small mistake in a calculation when you shorten numbers to fewer decimal places
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4.9
An estimate that is higher than the real amount
A wrong guess about how much or how likely something is
An incorrect amount or size you find when you check something
An incorrect size or amount found when you check something
An estimate that is lower than the real value
Calculating something as larger than it really is
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
misreckoning = misreckon (transparent) = mis + reckon + ing
Formed from the productive prefix 'mis-' + verb 'reckon' (misreckon) and then nominalized with '-ing'; meaning is directly 'a reckoning done wrongly'.
Etymology
Misreckoning joins mis- ('wrong') and reckoning ('counting' or 'calculation'), and you can see the same idea in the common verb reckon, which means 'to count' or 'to judge'. So a misreckoning is simply a wrong calculation or estimate.