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单词 miscount
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miscount

[ verb mis-kount; noun mis-kount ]
/ verb mɪsˈkaʊnt; noun ˈmɪsˌkaʊnt /
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verb (used with or without object)

to count or calculate erroneously.

noun

an erroneous counting; miscalculation.

Origin of miscount

1350–1400; mis-1 + count1; replacing Middle English mesconten<Middle French mesconter

Words nearby miscount

misconduct, misconstruction, misconstrue, miscopy, miscounsel, miscount, miscreance, miscreancy, miscreant, miscreate, miscreated
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Example sentences from the Web for miscount

  • To one unfamiliar with the score this must always sound as if the horn player had made a miscount and entered at the wrong place.

    The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock Thayer
  • So the two Kentucky officers went ashore, each grumbling to the other about some "miscount."

    Strange Stories of the Great Valley|Abbie Johnston Grosvenor
  • Was there not some miscount, and was it not fifteen instead?

    The Lure of the Mask|Harold MacGrath
  • Morgan said in joke that there was a miscount, and that he actually received only ninety-nine blows.

    Hero Stories from American History|Albert F. Blaisdell

British Dictionary definitions for miscount

miscount
/ (ˌmɪsˈkaʊnt) /

verb

to count or calculate incorrectly

noun

a false count or calculation
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