miscalculate

[ mis-kal-kyuh-leyt ]
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verb (used with or without object),mis·cal·cu·lat·ed, mis·cal·cu·lat·ing.
  1. to calculate or judge incorrectly: to miscalculate the time required.

Origin of miscalculate

1
First recorded in 1690–1700; mis-1 + calculate

Other words from miscalculate

  • mis·cal·cu·la·tion, noun
  • mis·cal·cu·la·tor, noun

Words Nearby miscalculate

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How to use miscalculate in a sentence

  • And it might even cause Georgians to miscalculate American military support against Russia and foolishly provoke Moscow.

    Obama's Latest Foreign Slip | Leslie H. Gelb | August 17, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • A beginner like you might miscalculate the weight, and think what a terrible smash up we'd have then!

    In Hostile Red | Joseph Altsheler
  • Too many of us--the President among the rest, I fear--miscalculate the distance between contingency and desire.

    Marse Henry (Vol. 2) | Henry Watterson
  • It seems to me that those who take such a view quite miscalculate the force of the affection that a man feels for his country.

  • Even the oldest sailors are apt to miscalculate the time likely to elapse before the wind can touch them.

  • I may miscalculate the time and wait until I am too small to climb upon the ring.

    The Girl in the Golden Atom | Raymond King Cummings

British Dictionary definitions for miscalculate

miscalculate

/ (ˌmɪsˈkælkjʊˌleɪt) /


verb
  1. (tr) to calculate wrongly

Derived forms of miscalculate

  • miscalculation, noun
  • miscalculator, noun

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