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miscalculation

[ UK /mɪskˌælkjʊlˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
[ US /mɪˈskæɫkjəˈɫeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a mistake in calculating

How To Use miscalculation In A Sentence

  • I know now that his attempted suicide was merely miscalculation. Times, Sunday Times
  • Clearly once risk is traded in this way there is significant scope for miscalculation and even outright fraud.
  • Plot holes and hit-or-miss acting aside, the moviemakers’ most grievous miscalculation is that it’s just too long. Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat
  • I think Russell sorry, Mr. Davies, I don't know him personally occasionally makes the odd miscalculation, usually with his humour - in this case the overuse of the word chav, which is everywhere right now over here, but which I doubt will be so current millenia in the future. New Doctor Who
  • After Christina Aguilera, who has confessedly been singing this since she was seven and if you don't believe me, check YouTube, memorably flubbed the lyrics at this year's Super Bowl, it seems as good an occasion as any to point out what an utter miscalculation this song is. Christina Aguilera didn't botch the national anthem. Francis Scott Key did.
  • They could be in for nasty surprises because of direct exposure or the miscalculation of the quantities that they have reinsured, he said.
  • Was it an admission of error, a miscalculation, or a praiseworthy acceptance of the people's demands for a say on the new constitution, to which he simply had to bow?
  • I made a slight miscalculation.
  • In high circles in South Alabama showing up early or at the precise time invited is a faux pas of immense miscalculation and considered a sign of uncouth upbringing. Not being on time a high art in Mexico
  • It later transpired the statistic had been plucked from another publication: it was a miscalculation.
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