miscount

[ verb mis-kount; noun mis-kount ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to count or calculate erroneously.

noun

1. an erroneous counting; miscalculation.

miscount

/ ˌmɪsˈkaʊnt /

verb

1. to count or calculate incorrectly

noun

1. a false count or calculation

Word History and Origins

Origin of miscount¹

1350–1400; mis- ¹ + count ¹; replacing Middle English mesconten < Middle French mesconter

Example Sentences

Additionally, there can be technical miscommunications between the ad servers that would lead to miscounts.

From Digiday

To one unfamiliar with the score this must always sound as if the horn player had made a miscount and entered at the wrong place.

From Project Gutenberg

Morgan said in joke that there was a miscount, and that he actually received only ninety-nine blows.

From Project Gutenberg

So the two Kentucky officers went ashore, each grumbling to the other about some "miscount."

From Project Gutenberg

Was there not some miscount, and was it not fifteen instead?

From Project Gutenberg