Thesaurus results for MISCOUNT

miscount

verb

Definition of miscount

as in to miscalculate

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Recent Examples of miscount However, paying through a QR code minimizes the risk of payment errors and prevents miscounting cash or theft. — Nitin Gupta, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024 Water loss — the share leaked, miscounted or used by unauthorized customers — has also steadily, if stubbornly, fallen. — Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2024 There are myriad reasons why a vote may be incorrectly rejected or miscounted. — Matthew Alvarez, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024 An exhausted grad student may miscount the number of times two mice bump noses. — Celia Ford, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 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

When her plastic surgeon father botches a celebrity nose job at his practice, her parents decide to move from Bel-Air to Seattle.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 1 July 2026
The Boston southpaw didn’t permit a baserunner until Spencer Jones, who botched a ball in center field a half-inning later, singled in the sixth inning.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026

Definition of botch

Verb

Kylian Mbappe, Romelu Lukaku and Darwin Nunez are some names at the World Cup who have previously bungled a knee slide celebration by diving into the ground, rather than trying to sling themselves along it.

— Carl Anka, New York Times, 1 June 2026
For now, the press still sometimes bungled his name as Harry.

— Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026