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单词 miscounting
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miscountingn.

Brit. /ˌmɪsˈkaʊntɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈkaʊn(t)ɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, counting n.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + counting n., after miscount v. Compare earlier miscount n.(For the earliest example of the noun listed in N.E.D. (1907) s.v. miscounting verbal noun see quot. a1425 at miscoveting n.)
Erroneous counting; misreckoning, miscalculation.
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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
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vi. 274 The miscounting of Dialects for Tongues causlessly multiplieth the number of those Languages.
1861 H. T. Riley tr. Liber Albus ii. 115 (note) The word ‘miskenning’ meaning miscounting or mispleading.
1956 Incorporated Statistician 7 77 The discrepancies arose presumably to some extent by miscounting by the observer.
1970 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 64 1224/2 Accidental miscounting of election returns..can register artificial effects in the index.
1996 Population Stud. 50 440 The problem of severe mis-counting of recent events which is typically encountered in single-round enquiries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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