as in to misunderstand
to make an incorrect judgment regarding
they miscalculated how difficult the mountainous trek would be
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Recent Examples of miscalculate
By Emily Flitter, Bloomberg At one midsized US mortgage lender, almost a quarter of customers who dispute property appraisals find that the value of their home had been miscalculated.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2025
Furthermore, overreliance on AI could lead to compliance mistakes, such as miscalculating notice periods and severance agreement terms.
—C200, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Millions of seniors whose benefits were miscalculated many years ago will suddenly lose ALL their benefits!
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
But states like Florida that have a history of miscalculating their participants’ monthly benefits could have to finance up to a quarter of their SNAP allotments.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2025
Furthermore, overreliance on AI could lead to compliance mistakes, such as miscalculating notice periods and severance agreement terms.
—C200, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Millions of seniors whose benefits were miscalculated many years ago will suddenly lose ALL their benefits!
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
But states like Florida that have a history of miscalculating their participants’ monthly benefits could have to finance up to a quarter of their SNAP allotments.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscalculate
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Many patients are surprised to learn that watery eyes can actually be a sign of dryness, a common but frequently misunderstood symptom.—
Team Verywell Health,
Verywell Health,
6 Oct. 2025
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But a nurse eventually overhears Archer and Hannah discussing it, and misunderstands the situation.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
1 Oct. 2025
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But that underestimates both the level of competition then — being a contemporary of the Big Three is not ideal in that regard — and how few players make the jump from junior prodigy to serial winner.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Last year, Hayward officials made some significant miscalculations in the city’s budget — overestimating revenue, underestimating expenses and making a sizable purchase of a movie theater downtown that drained $31 million from the city’s reserves, according to city officials.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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The team member, who was responsible for the safe conduct of releasing car 16, misjudged the situation and gave unclear instructions to LEC, who could not see NOR’s car.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Home designer Allisa Jacobs wrote in a blog post that AI routinely misjudges the proportions and sizes of rooms and furniture, suggesting pieces that wouldn’t realistically fit in the space.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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When the user clicks that link, the browser mistakes the malicious prompt for an instruction from the user—and begins carrying it out.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
7 Oct. 2025
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These events are part of a series observing the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the United States, but no one will mistake them for triumphalist propaganda.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Miscalculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscalculate. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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