Thesaurus results for MISCOUNT

miscount

verb

Definition of miscount

as in to miscalculate

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Recent Examples of miscount The sheriff, after a review, said evidence was miscounted but denied theft. — Andrew Graham may 28, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026 This was also not the first time the WNBA has been in a scandal miscounting Caitlin Clark assists. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026 By Afroman’s account, the officers left his house torn apart, cut his security video cords, took cash from his home — officials later announced that deputies had merely miscounted the money — and traumatized his kids. — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026 The sheriff's office has explained the discrepancy by saying deputies originally miscounted the money, which Newland took responsibility for on the stand. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for miscount

Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscount

Verb

Yet the company seems to continually miscalculate the extent to which this dynamic will jeopardize its business.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 30 June 2026
Undeniably, Putin and associates miscalculated how easily Russia’s military would be able to occupy and take control of Ukraine, repeating Cold War successes.

— Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026

Definition of miscalculate

Verb

Locals who saw the creature in the Bolivian Andes had mistaken it for an ordinary house cat, said biologist and National Geographic explorer Paola Nogales-Ascarrunz, who was part of the research team that studied them.

— CBS News, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
These lacy white flowers look deceptively similar—but mistaking one for the other can have severe consequences.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of mistake

Verb

In the space of a few paragraphs, Ned will abandon and recover his child, bungle an extramarital affair, win and lose, experience ecstasy and dejection.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Joe Burrow bungles Bengals’ passing game My theory of the case with Caleb Williams is that there was untapped running value here.

— Michael Salfino, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026