miscount

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Recent Examples of miscount 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 Even though voting machines have become more sophisticated and registrars’ offices have become better at verifying signatures, a small number of ballots are miscounted in every election. Matthew Alvarez, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024 At the start of the pandemic health workers may have miscounted a single infection as two due to a lack of understanding of how long the virus stayed in a person's body, Dixon said. Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for miscount
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Verb
  • The appellate court ruled Selna miscalculated some of those losses at the original sentencing hearing.
    Lee Ross, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025
  • Thousands of orders that used to auto-flow directly to the warehouse floor for same-day shipping now often miscalculate tariff costs.
    Alina Selyukh, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The game often involves ski masks and toy guns, which can be mistaken for real threats by bystanders or law enforcement.
    Jazmin Towe, Parents, 9 May 2025
  • This balanced view should not be mistaken for leniency—there is no denying that the industry must step up its actions to reduce emissions.
    Simi Thambi​, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Verb
  • City started strongly, but fell behind after Kompany misjudged the bounce of a long ball, allowing Fabio Borini to finish confidently with the outside of his boot.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 17 May 2025
  • Witty admitted the company had misjudged the depth of the risk score problem.
    Seth Joseph, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • Mahdi’s legal team filed a complaint with the South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday saying that the execution was botched.
    Viola Flowers, NBC news, 9 May 2025
  • Critics say Guarino botched data analysis in the O'Keefe case as well.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Verb
  • Further investigation showed that the department bungled follow-up care too, failing to investigate the sources of lead exposure for some children.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
  • The ensuing play again defensively broke down for the Giants when Gold Glove third baseman Matt Chapman bungled the ground ball off Dansby Swanson’s bat as Crow-Armstrong’s presence at third and deke home coincided with the mishandle.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025

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“Miscount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscount. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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