What does miscalculate mean?
Definitions for miscalculate
mɪsˈkæl kyəˌleɪtmis·cal·cu·late
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Princeton's WordNet
miscalculate, misestimateverb
judge incorrectly
"I had misestimated his determination"
miscalculate, misestimateverb
calculate incorrectly
"I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding"
GCIDE
Miscalculateverb
To judge wrongly, especially about the effects of action or the likely course of events.
Wiktionary
miscalculateverb
To incorrectly calculate; to make a gross error in judgement.
They miscalculated, by assuming it was standard, not metric.
miscalculateverb
To make a gross error in judgement.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Miscalculateverb
To reckon wrong.
Etymology: mis and calculate.
After all the care I have taken, there may be, in such a multitude of passages, several misquoted, misinterpreted, and miscalculated. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.
ChatGPT
miscalculate
To miscalculate means to estimate or calculate something incorrectly or inaccurately. It refers to making an error in calculation, assessment, or prediction, usually leading to an incorrect result or conclusion.
Webster Dictionary
Miscalculate
to calculate erroneously; to judge wrongly
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Miscalculate
mis-kal′kū-lāt, v.t. to calculate wrongly.—n. Miscalculā′tion.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of miscalculate in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of miscalculate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of miscalculate in a Sentence
In my mind, we don't have the ability to deter. The reason we have a military is to deter conflict and prevent wars. And if people believe we are not big enough to respond, they miscalculate.
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