miscalculate
verb
mis·cal·cu·late
ˌmis-ˈkal-kyə-ˌlāt 
miscalculated; miscalculating
: to calculate wrongly : to make a miscalculation
This fall, publishers badly miscalculated the public's appetite for celebrity tell-alls.—
Patrick M. Reilly
Patrick M. Reilly… the bosses simply weren't ready when it turned out they had miscalculated badly.—Kevin Drum
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Examples of miscalculate in a Sentence
they miscalculated how difficult the mountainous trek would be
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On Friday, judges from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the judge in Chrisley's 2022 trial miscalculated her sentence and did not find evidence proving her full involvement in the bank fraud scheme for which she was sentenced, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
In this case, the negligence could be that NASA miscalculated about the survival of enough debris to damage property on Earth.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024
So the risk of the United States or Israel miscalculating Iran’s nuclear intentions was already quite high, and any injection of domestic political turmoil increases the risk of misinterpreting Iranian actions.
—Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 21 May 2024
Without context, the forces driving our era of rapid change may be misunderstood—and our responses miscalculated.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
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Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
In this case, the negligence could be that NASA miscalculated about the survival of enough debris to damage property on Earth.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024
So the risk of the United States or Israel miscalculating Iran’s nuclear intentions was already quite high, and any injection of domestic political turmoil increases the risk of misinterpreting Iranian actions.
—Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 21 May 2024
Without context, the forces driving our era of rapid change may be misunderstood—and our responses miscalculated.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
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“Miscalculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miscalculate. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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