as in to miscalculate
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Recent Examples of miscount
However, paying through a QR code minimizes the risk of payment errors and prevents miscounting cash or theft.
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Nitin Gupta, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Water loss — the share leaked, miscounted or used by unauthorized customers — has also steadily, if stubbornly, fallen.
—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
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Nitin Gupta, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Water loss — the share leaked, miscounted or used by unauthorized customers — has also steadily, if stubbornly, fallen.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscount
Verb
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Despite years of legal experience, judges often miscalculate a defendant’s risk of committing another crime.—
Robert Pearl,
Twin Cities,
14 June 2025
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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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Rocking chairs line patios that overlook an 8.5 acre retention pond big enough to be mistaken for a lake, one of the only visual clues that this is the South, not south of San Francisco.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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Nevada’s chukar season was still open, and hunters’ tracks were mistaken for Dallas’.—
Jim Zumbo,
Outdoor Life,
17 July 2025
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Washington has a history of profoundly misjudging the character of Vladimir Putin.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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The Agriculture Ministry is under fire for delaying releases of emergency rice reserves, which normally are kept for disasters, and for misjudging the demand-supply balance.—
Mari Yamaguchi,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 May 2025
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Cops are looking for a man who rammed into six people after botching a turn at an intersection in the Bronx, authorities said Wednesday.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
17 July 2025
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Prominent conservatives are sounding political alarms for President Donald Trump, accusing the Justice Department of botching a review and release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
14 July 2025
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The same is true for the United States, which leads in oil and gas production but has bungled its position in clean energy thanks to political dysfunction.—
Wal van Lierop,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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At the time, the district bungled its communication about Stacy's pay.—
Jolene Almendarez,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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“Miscount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscount. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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