miscalculationn.
/ˌmɪskalkjᵿˈleɪʃn/, /mɪsˌkalkjᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪsˌkælkjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ Wrong or faulty calculation, estimation, or reckoning; misjudgement. Also: an instance of this.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun]
misdoom?a1425
misdeemingc1450
misdeem1470
misjudgement1526
misjudging1526
misreckoning1540
miscast1599
misratinga1626
miscalculation1720
misestimation1809
misdecision1827
misappreciation1838
misestimate1843
mismeasurement1859
unappreciation1886
misvaluation1903
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [noun] > in calculation
misreckoning1540
miscasting1542
miscast1599
miscompute1646
miscounting1655
miscomputation1702
miscalculation1720
1720 Bibliotheca Biblica I. 73 Their want of Intercalations, and their miscalculations of Eclipses.
1799 C. B. Brown Ormond 223 Wonderful! Pish! Thy ignorance, thy miscalculation of probabilities is far more so.
1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 320 The miscalculation of one age is checked by that of a succeeding; opposite errors cancel each other.
1884 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 47 442 When a government takes 12 million pounds as a reasonable estimate of revenues, and afterwards finds a miscalculation of 4 million pounds.., it is not possible to accept its statements seriously.
1903 J. Morley Life Gladstone III. viii. ix. 146 Events show this to have been the capital miscalculation.
1992 S. Sontag Volcano Lover ii. vii. 329 The hero made a serious miscalculation on the following day when he appeared at the palace..with the Grand Signior's chelengk in his hat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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