miscounts

Definition of miscountsnext
present tense third-person singular of miscount

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Verb
  • But for every moment of genuine accountability journalism that reminds the public what the press is capable of, there seems to follow another viral post, another sympathetic profile of a terrorist’s grieving relatives, another story that mistakes activism for reporting.
    Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2026
  • But that mistakes the symptom for the cause.
    Paul Polman, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Home designer Allisa Jacobs wrote in a blog post that AI routinely misjudges the proportions and sizes of rooms and furniture, suggesting pieces that wouldn’t realistically fit in the space.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But the Fed just kind of misjudges what's going on and pushes too hard on interest rates and pushes the economy in.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Continue reading … FACT CHECK – Washington Post botches Israel-Gaza history leading to major correction.
    , FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Gentleman thief Sir Charles Lytton (David Niven) circles the prize while Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) bungles the pursuit with sublime obliviousness.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That’s true at the end of the film but not at the beginning, when Jason dons the mask and murders his film professor.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Her unscrupulous, power-hungry uncle Claudius (Kôji Yakusho) murders his own brother to become king.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
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“Miscounts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscounts. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.

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