as in to miscalculate
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Recent Examples of miscount
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.
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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
There were baseless claims that people had fabricated votes and that officials had miscounted and skewed the results.
—David Klepper and Huizhong Wu, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
The video showing the election worker miscounting votes had been selectively edited, fact-checkers found.
—David Klepper and Huizhong Wu, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
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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
There were baseless claims that people had fabricated votes and that officials had miscounted and skewed the results.
—David Klepper and Huizhong Wu, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
The video showing the election worker miscounting votes had been selectively edited, fact-checkers found.
—David Klepper and Huizhong Wu, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscount
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Clothes — a common but often miscalculated gift — jewelry, and household goods can all go to a Goodwill location or a local family shelter.Whizy Kim, Vox, 19 Nov. 2024
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One possibility is that the militant group miscalculated the attention the strike would get from the international community.Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 30 July 2024
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My favorite bit was Rajpal Yadav’s Chhote Pandit and Sanjay Mishra’s Bade Pandit mistaking Manjulika for the latter’s wife, Panditayeen, and asking her to make daal (lentils), only to get slapped hard by the ghost.Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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But there is no mistaking this as a reaction to the camp or thoughts of his grandmother; Majdanek only gave him a little shove.Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
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This time around, the culprit was a steep hill that the 74-year-old comedian misjudged.Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
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The cornerback had the pass read and was in position, like a center fielder who misjudged the wall.Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
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Her 80-year-old father, John, has long accused local police of botching their investigation.Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
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Alabama had been accused of botching an execution attempt using lethal injection, the default method of putting inmates to death.CBS News, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
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Boeing bungled its recent mission to ferry astronauts to the ISS so badly that SpaceX has at least a temporary monopoly over astronaut launches from American soil.Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Rachel reconnects with Sam, her fellow bottom-feeder, and completely bungles the conversation.Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Miscount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscount. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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