miscompute
verb
mis·com·pute
ˌmis-kəm-ˈpyüt 
miscomputed; miscomputing
: to make a mistake in computing : to compute wrongly
Overall, the IRS wound up sending nearly 197,000 notices recently to seniors explaining that they had miscomputed their taxable amounts of Social Security benefits …—
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miscomputation
ˌmis-ˌkäm-pyu̇-ˈtā-shən
noun
-pyü-
plural miscomputations
an error caused by miscomputation
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“Miscompute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miscompute. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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