miscounting

verb

present participle of miscount
as in miscalculating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscounting
  1. misjudging
  2. mistaking
  3. bungling
  4. botching
  5. murdering
  6. mangling
Verb
  • Rather than collisions caused by surrounding traffic, these incidents involved the vehicle misjudging objects directly in its path.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
  • Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar hit the barriers after misjudging a chicane.
    — Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 3 May 2026
Definition of misjudging
Verb
  • The death of a language is like that of square dancing, or of doing algebra by pencil and paper, and mistaking metaphor for reality is one of the surest routes to woolly thinking.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Christie Brinkley has fans mistaking her for one of her daughters in her recent Instagram post.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of mistaking
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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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  • The look was a polarizing one, leading the Spaniard to blame one of his brothers for botching the assignment.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
  • Atlanta was out-everythinged in an 83-71 loss to the Indiana Fever on Thursday, botching a chance at a statement game.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Definition of botching
Verb
  • In 1893, Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden was tried for allegedly murdering her father and stepmother with an axe inside the family home.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In a newer piece of casting, Sarah Paulson, who’s been filming season 13 of American Horror Story, will appear as Aileen Wuornos, a serial killer who was convicted of murdering seven men in Florida between 1989 and 1990.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of murdering
Verb
  • Blade grinders function more like blenders, frantically whirring in circles, mangling the beans, and tossing them all over the grinding chamber.
    — Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 May 2026
  • Where was Michael Hill, the commissioner’s office executive serving as Team USA’s general manager, while his manager was mangling the stakes of the situation?
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of mangling
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