as in mistake
a wrong judgment
treating her opponent as an intellectual lightweight was a serious miscalculation on her part
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Recent Examples of miscalculation
More qubits flipping leads to accumulating errors that can ultimately result in miscalculations.
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IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2025
Somehow the institution had made a $240 million miscalculation in the amount of cash on hand.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
That was a miscalculation: Three million people signed up and took full advantage.
—Hank Sanders, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Given this pushback, President Trump’s pardons, particularly for those convicted of attacking police, could be a political miscalculation.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2025
Somehow the institution had made a $240 million miscalculation in the amount of cash on hand.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
That was a miscalculation: Three million people signed up and took full advantage.
—Hank Sanders, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Given this pushback, President Trump’s pardons, particularly for those convicted of attacking police, could be a political miscalculation.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for miscalculation
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“Miscalculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscalculation. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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