miscounted

verb

past tense of miscount
as in miscalculated

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  1. misjudged
  2. mistook
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  • Jorrel Hato misjudged the flight of the delivery, allowing Belloumi to emphatically half-volley a shot into the bottom corner.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The extent of harm, after all, can be misjudged by those suffering it, and complaints are not always offered by the frightened captive.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of misjudged
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  • The agents mistook the man for the fugitive, the agent told police.
    — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The incident comes about a year after a teenager died in rural Iowa, after he was shot by a fellow hunter who apparently mistook him for a squirrel.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of mistook
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“Miscounted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscounted. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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