miscalculating

verb

present participle of miscalculate
as in underestimating
to make an incorrect judgment regarding they miscalculated how difficult the mountainous trek would be

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscalculating
  1. underestimating
  2. misunderstanding
  3. misjudging
  4. mistaking
Verb
  • No rival will ever again make the fatal error of underestimating Bronin.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Target defenders who defend The biggest mistake many managers made last season was underestimating the value of DEFCON points.
    — Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of underestimating
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  • Responding Monday to Emmanuel Acho, who criticized the idea that her ejection represented white privilege, Carrington insisted people were misunderstanding her.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The good news is that the IRS rarely charges severe penalties for honest mistakes or misunderstanding a complex tax code.
    — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 20 July 2026
Definition of misunderstanding
Verb
  • Rather than collisions caused by surrounding traffic, these incidents involved the vehicle misjudging objects directly in its path.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
  • Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar hit the barriers after misjudging a chicane.
    — Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 3 May 2026
Definition of misjudging
Verb
  • The risk is mistaking inspiration for logistics or assuming the big picture covers the fine print.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The death of a language is like that of square dancing, or of doing algebra by pencil and paper, and mistaking metaphor for reality is one of the surest routes to woolly thinking.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of mistaking
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