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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Turkish officials likely foresaw the regime’s collapse but miscalculated how feeble Russian and Iranian backing had become.Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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For the first half-century of the Super Bowl era, teams were simply miscalculating the risk versus reward of going for it.Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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Without signaling this, people who have not experienced this style of leadership before might mistake you as such and proceed to tell your agents that this is an issue and a derailer on your path to promotion.Stephen Miles, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Dylan, clearly thinking about food, mistakes the question, thinking he’s being asked about bratwurst.Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2024
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On top of the health criticism, Kraft Heinz misjudged school districts’ interest in Lunchables and ability to pay for them.Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
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Dave Dickert, founder of Branded Bills, said the move will help the company grow in one place, after misjudging how fast the business would grow and having to move seven times in the past nine years.Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
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The Chiefs got a big boost when Dicker botched the ensuing kickoff, booting a knuckleball that failed to reach the landing zone, thereby allowing Kansas City to begin the final drive on its 40-yard line.Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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The founder's first arrest occurred in 2003 for racketeering, a charge that was later dismissed after authorities botched the investigation.Abigail Adams, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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Warren has bungled his only critical job — getting a new stadium.Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Dec. 2024
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If any of that is true, this whole thing is a house of cards, and the Dolphins badly bungled the quarterback position.Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Miscount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscount. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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