miscounted

verb

past tense of miscount
as in miscalculated

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  1. misjudged
  2. mistook
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  • Instead, of course, Dubas either misjudged the value of his assets or, more likely, misjudged how challenging the market would be.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 27 July 2026
  • Ginsburg misjudged an unknowable future; Biden failed to respond to a visible present.
    — Michael Sonnenfeldt, Fortune, 19 July 2026
Definition of misjudged
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  • Reflecting on the album in a 2008 interview with SPIN, Costello said people mistook the confrontational pose for genuine swagger.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Kikuko sometimes mistook Shigejiro’s cheerfulness for egoism owing to the distortions produced by her illness.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of mistook
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