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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscount
Verb
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The movie, to my eyes, badly miscalculates the ratio of paradise to despoilment, indulging the latter at the expense of the former.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2025
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The Carriers also argue that the Commission misinterpreted the Communications Act, miscalculated the penalties, and violated the Seventh Amendment by not affording them a jury trial.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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When the user clicks that link, the browser mistakes the malicious prompt for an instruction from the user—and begins carrying it out.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
7 Oct. 2025
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These events are part of a series observing the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the United States, but no one will mistake them for triumphalist propaganda.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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The team member, who was responsible for the safe conduct of releasing car 16, misjudged the situation and gave unclear instructions to LEC, who could not see NOR’s car.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Home designer Allisa Jacobs wrote in a blog post that AI routinely misjudges the proportions and sizes of rooms and furniture, suggesting pieces that wouldn’t realistically fit in the space.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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On the opening drive of the game, the Chargers were flagged for a false start when Johnston and receiver Tre’ Harris botched a pre-snap motion.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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But Team Blue ultimately squanders their lead, completely botching the puzzle as the other two tribes smoke theirs.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
1 Oct. 2025
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One day, calling kids up to get pizza for a class lunch, the teacher repeatedly and purposely bungled her name.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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Zach Johnson has spent the past two years in the awkward air of bungling the Americans’ 2023 trip to Rome.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Miscount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscount. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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