miscounted

verb

past tense of miscount
as in miscalculated

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  1. misjudged
  2. mistook
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  • And Peter is massively misjudged a lot of the time, and that’s also really interesting.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, Scheffler misjudged his approach and scrambled to save par.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
Definition of misjudged
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  • Foster’s songs became ubiquitous—people sometimes mistook them for folk songs even during his lifetime—and were performed everywhere from back porches to opera houses, in every genre imaginable.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • While walking alongside his teammates, Kolek, 25, was briefly stopped by police, who seemingly mistook him for a fan.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
Definition of mistook
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“Miscounted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscounted. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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