as in mistake
a wrong judgment
treating her opponent as an intellectual lightweight was a serious miscalculation on her part
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Recent Examples of miscalculation
This may have been a serious and dangerous miscalculation.
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Hadley Gamble, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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
For Buffett, the split is a symbolic closing chapter on a rare investing miscalculation.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
This was the final, fatal miscalculation—the belief that democracy’s protections could be bargained away but democracy itself could still somehow survive.
—Daniel Ziblatt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025
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Hadley Gamble, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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
For Buffett, the split is a symbolic closing chapter on a rare investing miscalculation.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
This was the final, fatal miscalculation—the belief that democracy’s protections could be bargained away but democracy itself could still somehow survive.
—Daniel Ziblatt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscalculation
mistake
Noun
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The 49ers also made a big mistake in fielding just 10 players on the very play on which Warner was injured.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
14 Oct. 2025
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Conservative activists have spent the past forty-six years arguing that this was a terrible mistake.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Miscalculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscalculation. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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