misreckoningn.
/ˌmɪsˈrɛk(ə)nɪŋ/, /ˌmɪsˈrɛkn̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈrɛk(ə)nɪŋ/ Incorrect reckoning or calculating of accounts; (gen.) miscalculation; 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
1540 J. Palsgrave in tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus sig. b iv To helpe to vndo hym with mysse reckenynge and false dyce.
1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. D.iii Mysreknynge is no payment.
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (2 Tim. ii. 18) As inconsiderate Mariners, by misreckoning of a point, they have missed the haven.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxii. 116 Signes of errour, and misreckonning; to which all mankind is too prone.
1792 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 82 103 By these precautions, almost all possibility of a misreckoning was prevented.
1845 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors III. lxxxix. 342 Seeing Lord Norris had not observed it, he went on with his misreckoning of ten.
1935 A. J. Nock Our Enemy, the State iii. 87 It was only by misreckonings and the accidents of navigation that..the settlers landed on the stern and rockbound coast of Plymouth.
1985 Science 228 849/2 (title) A medical misreckoning.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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