as in to misunderstand
to make an incorrect judgment regarding
they miscalculated how difficult the mountainous trek would be
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Recent Examples of miscalculate
The appellate court ruled Selna miscalculated some of those losses at the original sentencing hearing.
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Lee Ross, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025
Thousands of orders that used to auto-flow directly to the warehouse floor for same-day shipping now often miscalculate tariff costs.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
Taiwan miscalculated, leaning too hard into economic appeasement and disastrous diplomatic outreach.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Gage also miscalculated on the matter of disarming the colonists.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
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Lee Ross, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025
Thousands of orders that used to auto-flow directly to the warehouse floor for same-day shipping now often miscalculate tariff costs.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
Taiwan miscalculated, leaning too hard into economic appeasement and disastrous diplomatic outreach.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Gage also miscalculated on the matter of disarming the colonists.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscalculate
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The driver misunderstood the instruction and entered the fast lane before the re-start time was officially confirmed in breach of the Race Director's event notes.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
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That's extremely common among these cases, said University of Idaho law professor Benji Cover, who wrote a paper about people, including noncitizens, misunderstanding election rules and being prosecuted in recent decades.—
Miles Parks,
NPR,
17 May 2025
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They’ve all been discarded and underestimated, and all of them are capable of much more than the dead-end job to which they’ve been assigned.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
29 May 2025
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However, not to be underestimated are Malia Rainey (11.57) and Marley Scoggins (11.60) from Calabasas (11.57) and Carson’s Christina Gray, who ran 12.05 to win the City title.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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In one classic example cited in Science Advances, judges frequently misjudge a defendant’s risk of reoffending.—
Robert Pearl,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Yeah, the second twist felt so much like Tucker & Dale and the realizations that characters have after misjudging people.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2025
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What migrants mistake for a lighthouse offering safe haven may just be the mirage caused by the bollard keeping them out, period.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Could the similarities confuse California residents who might mistake a sonic boom for an earthquake?—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2025
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“Miscalculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscalculate. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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