How to Use miscalculation in a Sentence

miscalculation

noun

• Then there was the miscalculation about how fast and big his new plants would grow.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022
• There's never any, any miscalculation about what each of us, where each of us stand.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2022
• This is a grave miscalculation that is bound to backfire.
  — Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
• What appears in hindsight to have been a gross miscalculation made a lot more sense at the time.
  — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2022
• But any missteps or miscalculations by either side could mean that all bets are off.
  — Michael Kugelman, Time, 3 May 2025
• And the epilogue, which takes place many years later, feels like a miscalculation.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 July 2026
• But the post was a miscalculation.
  — Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
• So this may be a miscalculation.
  — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2026
• But this has proved a miscalculation.
  — Koray Köse, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
• Refuse to take on an expense due to someone else’s miscalculation.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2024
• People make mistakes and miscalculations in this world, all the time.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 10 May 2023
• Make a small miscalculation, and the court was gaping for Zheng to hit an easy ball into space.
  — Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 3 Aug. 2024
• Right now, that appears to be a miscalculation.
  — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 17 June 2026
• But comfort didn't save him from one of the biggest miscalculations of his career.
  — Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
• And the half-time changes, the loss of control, the sense of miscalculation, would be held against Tuchel for years.
  — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 12 July 2026
• For months, though, there have been warnings that the region is one miscalculation away from calamity.
  — Shane Harris, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
• The slightest miscalculation would be fatal, or even worse, far worse, leave you in a wheelchair for the rest of your life.
  — T. Coraghessan Boyle, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
• That proved to be a massive miscalculation.
  — Michael Bernick, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
• Worse yet, due to a rent miscalculation, her landlord threatened to evict her and her family.
  — Renee Hsia, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
• Sailing long distances alone means one wrong step, one miscalculation, one stroke of bad luck can mean catastrophe.
  — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2023
• And where are the polls most at risk of miscalculation support for either candidate?
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
• His fling with Alex doesn't begin until episode 2, which seems like a grave miscalculation.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 25 Apr. 2023
• Musk’s deal was a miscalculation on his part—as evidenced by his willingness to air his dirty laundry in court to get out of it.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 2 Oct. 2022
• That seems like a miscalculation.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026
• Kluber was one of the notable miscalculations of the Chaim Bloom era.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
• Clothing also came out quite well, with no signs of any miscalculations in the different layers.
  — Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2024
• The most minor miscalculation can botch a landing.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
• Or maybe starting Gaddis will turn out to be a major miscalculation that burns the Guardians in the long run.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022
• What’s certain is that the consequences of a miscalculation could be severe.
  — Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
• So, even tiny errors can result in game-losing miscalculations.
  — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 June 2026