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miscounting

verb

present participle of miscount

as in miscalculating

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Others have paid a steep price after misjudging how stakeholders would respond.

— Van Carlson, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
The consequences of misjudging the route to that point are already visible.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of misjudging

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These lacy white flowers look deceptively similar—but mistaking one for the other can have severe consequences.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 Sep. 2026
Parton played herself in the 2005 follow-up to 2000’s Miss Congeniality, which featured a scene where Bullock’s character, FBI agent Gracie Hart, tackles and straddles the country music legend—mistaking her for a Vegas impersonator.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Aug. 2026

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The combustion of Graham Platner’s candidacy in Maine is another blow to a Democratic Party trying to mend its reputation after bungling the 2024 presidential election.

— Editorial Board, Washington Post, 9 July 2026
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, who polled at 5% in the CBS survey, accused Becerra of bungling the federal government’s response to COVID-19, mpox and the influx in child migrants under former President Joe Biden.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026

Definition of bungling

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Her name was Jessie King, and she was found guilty of murdering three children in 1889.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
In the 1980s and early 1990s, statistically rare instances of strangers abducting white children from public spaces and murdering them became highly publicized.

— Daniel LaChance, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of murdering

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The man in black is wracked and choking, mangling the words, eyes dripping.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Complex documents with tables, charts and mixed content need each content type scored separately, since a model can nail text while mangling a table.

— Sriram Bhargav Madhav, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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