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
Boebert’s office told the Washington Examiner that first responders have slower response times in the affected areas, businesses go through the wrong city or town for permitting, sales tax revenue from online sales is miscalculated, and mail gets to residents slower.
—Ally Goelz, The Washington Examiner, 21 July 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
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2025
Boebert’s office told the Washington Examiner that first responders have slower response times in the affected areas, businesses go through the wrong city or town for permitting, sales tax revenue from online sales is miscalculated, and mail gets to residents slower.
—Ally Goelz, The Washington Examiner, 21 July 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscalculate
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Perception can lead to misunderstanding Perception is how countries view each other’s actions.—
Kaleb Demerew,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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Does the music feel lesser or compromised to you, or are the critics being unfair or just misunderstanding the new album?—
Eric Renner Brown,
Billboard,
28 Oct. 2025
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Both initially received warm welcomes on the festival circuit, but the lack of hyperbole had many perhaps underestimating them.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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Schumer has stood firm, and Republicans underestimated how dug in the Democrats were.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
5 Nov. 2025
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After months marked by corruption, violence, and the open perversion of law, to gasp in outrage at the loss of a few tons of masonry and mortar might seem oddly misjudged.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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On one occasion, a blunt-nosed viper misjudged the distance to its prey.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
23 Oct. 2025
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Logic detects patterns and refines them, mistaking iteration for innovation.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Nov. 2025
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Some of us had at first mistaken the howler monkeys for machinery.—
Ryan Knighton,
AFAR Media,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Miscalculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscalculate. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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