as in to miscalculate
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Recent Examples of miscount
Water loss — the share leaked, miscounted or used by unauthorized customers — has also steadily, if stubbornly, fallen.
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Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2024
There are myriad reasons why a vote may be incorrectly rejected or miscounted.
—Matthew Alvarez, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
Even though voting machines have become more sophisticated and registrars’ offices have become better at verifying signatures, a small number of ballots are miscounted in every election.
—Matthew Alvarez, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
At the start of the pandemic health workers may have miscounted a single infection as two due to a lack of understanding of how long the virus stayed in a person's body, Dixon said.
—Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Mar. 2024
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Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2024
There are myriad reasons why a vote may be incorrectly rejected or miscounted.
—Matthew Alvarez, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
Even though voting machines have become more sophisticated and registrars’ offices have become better at verifying signatures, a small number of ballots are miscounted in every election.
—Matthew Alvarez, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
At the start of the pandemic health workers may have miscounted a single infection as two due to a lack of understanding of how long the virus stayed in a person's body, Dixon said.
—Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscount
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Aside from underestimating the vulnerabilities of Russia’s military, analysts have suggested that Moscow also miscalculated the support Russia would receive from Ukrainians in the country’s east who have close ethnic ties to Russia.—
Ben Horne,
The Conversation,
21 May 2025
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One risk is that the pilots will miscalculate which way the other aircraft is moving; another is identifying the wrong aircraft.—
Kate Kelly,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 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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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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That’s where arrest reports say Doral residents Manuel Lazzaro and Wilson Muñoz Suarez, neither of whom holds a Florida license, botched surgeries last fall.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
1 June 2025
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The next inning, Simon straight-up botched a grounder from Wade and then threw wildly on attempt to turn a double play on a bouncer from Tatis.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2025
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Anyone who watched Anderson and president Michael Crow bungle their way through a multi-year football crisis and show little regard for diehard fans was understandably skeptical of Crow’s decision to hire from within.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
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Further investigation showed that the department bungled follow-up care too, failing to investigate the sources of lead exposure for some children.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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“Miscount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscount. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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