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Miscalculate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To count or estimate incorrectly.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To incorrectly calculate; to make a gross error in judgement.

v. To make a gross error in judgement.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To calculate erroneously.

v. To judge wrongly, especially about the effects of action or the likely course of events.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To calculate erroneously; make a wrong estimate of.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. judge incorrectly

v. calculate incorrectly

Word Usage

"Yes, they 'miscalculate' brittle for hardness, it replaces the more flexible calcium structures and soon enough it's crown time at the dentist to help with his boat payments."

Verb Form

miscalculated miscalculates miscalculating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

misjudge cypher reckon figure calculate cipher compute work out

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

miscount miscompute misreckon

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

calculate recalculate