as in to miscalculate
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Recent Examples of miscount
Water loss — the share leaked, miscounted or used by unauthorized customers — has also steadily, if stubbornly, fallen.
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Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2024
There are myriad reasons why a vote may be incorrectly rejected or miscounted.
—Matthew Alvarez, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
Even though voting machines have become more sophisticated and registrars’ offices have become better at verifying signatures, a small number of ballots are miscounted in every election.
—Matthew Alvarez, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
At the start of the pandemic health workers may have miscounted a single infection as two due to a lack of understanding of how long the virus stayed in a person's body, Dixon said.
—Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Mar. 2024
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Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2024
There are myriad reasons why a vote may be incorrectly rejected or miscounted.
—Matthew Alvarez, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
Even though voting machines have become more sophisticated and registrars’ offices have become better at verifying signatures, a small number of ballots are miscounted in every election.
—Matthew Alvarez, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
At the start of the pandemic health workers may have miscounted a single infection as two due to a lack of understanding of how long the virus stayed in a person's body, Dixon said.
—Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscount
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Interestingly, DeChambeau isn't the first golfer to miscalculate an important tournament detail—others have had their moments of confusion.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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The appellate court ruled Selna miscalculated some of those losses at the original sentencing hearing.—
Lee Ross,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2025
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But the creature is quickly adopted by Lilo (Maia Kealoha), a precocious child with a special love for animals, at a kennel where he has been mistaken for an ugly dog.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
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Nghe was one of more than a dozen people stationed at a highway checkpoint outside the village of Trang Bang on June 8, 1972, as 9-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc and other villagers were mistaken for the enemy and bombarded by the South Vietnamese air force.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
19 May 2025
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In one classic example cited in Science Advances, judges frequently misjudge a defendant’s risk of reoffending.—
Robert Pearl,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Yeah, the second twist felt so much like Tucker & Dale and the realizations that characters have after misjudging people.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2025
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That’s where arrest reports say Doral residents Manuel Lazzaro and Wilson Muñoz Suarez, neither of whom holds a Florida license, botched surgeries last fall.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
1 June 2025
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The next inning, Simon straight-up botched a grounder from Wade and then threw wildly on attempt to turn a double play on a bouncer from Tatis.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2025
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Anyone who watched Anderson and president Michael Crow bungle their way through a multi-year football crisis and show little regard for diehard fans was understandably skeptical of Crow’s decision to hire from within.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
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Further investigation showed that the department bungled follow-up care too, failing to investigate the sources of lead exposure for some children.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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“Miscount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscount. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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