Definition of miscalculate in English:

miscalculate

verb mɪsˈkalkjʊleɪtmɪsˈkælkjəˌleɪt

[with object]

1Calculate (an amount or measurement) wrongly.
they miscalculated the number of new houses that would need to be built
Example sentencesExamples
- Not only that, you will be astonished to learn, but it is miscalculated upward.
- They died because someone miscalculated the amount of time it would take for the car to cross the railroad tracks.
- She told him she had miscalculated the amount of money she needed for stock and was in danger of losing her customers if she couldn't meet her commitments.
- I finally finished the decking today.… I started to put the deck boards on yesterday whilst it was drizzling with rain and found out that I'd miscalculated the amount of boards I needed.
- The two main reasons for high quotes are either he doesn't want the job or he's miscalculated.
- Experts say the immigrants may have been here all along, but earlier estimates may have been miscalculated.
- The storage networking firm today said that an internal audit turned up two specific ways in which it miscalculated the stock compensation.
- It appears he miscalculated the scores and after checking with the media present declared that it was a draw after all.
- Record companies also reduce royalties by ‘forgetting’ to report sales figures, miscalculating royalties and by preventing artists from auditing record company books.
- The Department of Health is understood to have privately admitted miscalculating the cost of the contract, although it has denied this in public.
- Meanwhile, Fine Gael strongly rejected media claims that their economic document, had miscalculated by €1 billion per annum the borrowing implications of its policy.
- There is growing evidence that insurers routinely miscalculate how much compensation is due.
- However, while I woefully miscalculated the percentage points, I was dead-on in my place predictions.
- But within the last two weeks the auditors have discovered staff have been miscalculating the speed of decision-making.
- The government signs up for Kyoto and miscalculates the costs.
- In the June table of contents, we miscalculated the age of the Jesuit order of priests.
- If the historians have miscalculated the number of people who died due to certain action of any particular movement I stand to be corrected.
- ‘We've simply miscalculated our tax payments and are willing to pay the remaining sum,’ the company spokesperson told The Jakarta Post.
- The organisers of the French national lottery had miscalculated the odds, and if someone were to buy up all the tickets they would automatically make a huge profit.
- He could have maintained the joint lead had he not miscalculated bogies at the ninth and 17th holes.
Synonyms
misjudge, make a mistake (about), calculate wrongly, estimate wrongly, overestimate, underestimate, overvalue, undervalue
go wrong, err, make an error, blunder, be wide of the mark
informal slip up, make a boo-boo, make a howler
British informal boob
1. 1.1 Assess (a situation) wrongly.
  the government has seriously miscalculated the effect of privatization
  no object you miscalculated if you imagined I'd fallen for your little scheme
  Example sentencesExamples
  He also added that he believes that it is essential that the leadership of the People's Liberation Army do not miscalculate in this situation.
  To my mind, the Americans and their allies miscalculated badly.
  No less did he miscalculate the effect on public opinion in Iran.
  The military assessment now is that the U.S. miscalculated Iraqi tribal and religious loyalties and did not realize Iraqis are likely to fight only for their brethren.
  He miscalculated his support and underestimated the enemy.
  I suspect that the Republican machine has seriously miscalculated this year.
  He seriously miscalculated public opinion of the other countries.
  Now, though, it is hard to avoid the judgment that the Chancellor is miscalculating.
  As history shows, he badly miscalculated the magnitude of the US response.
  Microsoft had miscalculated what the typical PC owner wanted.
  But it is hard to imagine him miscalculating that it could be done in the teeth of active opposition from the other political parties, the electorate, and a somewhat sullen defence force.
  He seriously miscalculated the attitudes of the other political leaders.
  Of course, in this particular case, they appear to have miscalculated the political impact as well.
  ‘If this was an attempt to buy off the unions before the conferences, they have seriously miscalculated,’ he said.
  And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction.
  Did we miscalculate how we would be treated and received in Iraq?
  I think these candidates may have slightly miscalculated their decisions in recent cases.
  As so often before, however, Louis XIV miscalculated how foreigners would view his actions.
  We have learned that the terrorists were wrong, that they miscalculated.
  The whole thing was miscalculated and mismanaged - a case of complete incompetence.

Rhymes

calculate

Definition of miscalculate in US English:

miscalculate

verbmɪsˈkælkjəˌleɪtmisˈkalkyəˌlāt

[with object]

1Calculate (an amount, distance, or measurement) wrongly.
Example sentencesExamples
- The government signs up for Kyoto and miscalculates the costs.
- The two main reasons for high quotes are either he doesn't want the job or he's miscalculated.
- I finally finished the decking today.… I started to put the deck boards on yesterday whilst it was drizzling with rain and found out that I'd miscalculated the amount of boards I needed.
- There is growing evidence that insurers routinely miscalculate how much compensation is due.
- The organisers of the French national lottery had miscalculated the odds, and if someone were to buy up all the tickets they would automatically make a huge profit.
- ‘We've simply miscalculated our tax payments and are willing to pay the remaining sum,’ the company spokesperson told The Jakarta Post.
- They died because someone miscalculated the amount of time it would take for the car to cross the railroad tracks.
- Not only that, you will be astonished to learn, but it is miscalculated upward.
- But within the last two weeks the auditors have discovered staff have been miscalculating the speed of decision-making.
- If the historians have miscalculated the number of people who died due to certain action of any particular movement I stand to be corrected.
- She told him she had miscalculated the amount of money she needed for stock and was in danger of losing her customers if she couldn't meet her commitments.
- Record companies also reduce royalties by ‘forgetting’ to report sales figures, miscalculating royalties and by preventing artists from auditing record company books.
- In the June table of contents, we miscalculated the age of the Jesuit order of priests.
- He could have maintained the joint lead had he not miscalculated bogies at the ninth and 17th holes.
- The Department of Health is understood to have privately admitted miscalculating the cost of the contract, although it has denied this in public.
- The storage networking firm today said that an internal audit turned up two specific ways in which it miscalculated the stock compensation.
- Meanwhile, Fine Gael strongly rejected media claims that their economic document, had miscalculated by €1 billion per annum the borrowing implications of its policy.
- It appears he miscalculated the scores and after checking with the media present declared that it was a draw after all.
- However, while I woefully miscalculated the percentage points, I was dead-on in my place predictions.
- Experts say the immigrants may have been here all along, but earlier estimates may have been miscalculated.
Synonyms
misjudge, make a mistake, make a mistake about, calculate wrongly, estimate wrongly, overestimate, underestimate, overvalue, undervalue
1. 1.1 Assess (a situation) wrongly.
  the government has seriously miscalculated the effect of privatization
  no object you miscalculated if you imagined I'd fallen for your little scheme
  Example sentencesExamples
  He seriously miscalculated public opinion of the other countries.
  Did we miscalculate how we would be treated and received in Iraq?
  He miscalculated his support and underestimated the enemy.
  The whole thing was miscalculated and mismanaged - a case of complete incompetence.
  The military assessment now is that the U.S. miscalculated Iraqi tribal and religious loyalties and did not realize Iraqis are likely to fight only for their brethren.
  ‘If this was an attempt to buy off the unions before the conferences, they have seriously miscalculated,’ he said.
  He seriously miscalculated the attitudes of the other political leaders.
  Now, though, it is hard to avoid the judgment that the Chancellor is miscalculating.
  I think these candidates may have slightly miscalculated their decisions in recent cases.
  I suspect that the Republican machine has seriously miscalculated this year.
  Of course, in this particular case, they appear to have miscalculated the political impact as well.
  To my mind, the Americans and their allies miscalculated badly.
  No less did he miscalculate the effect on public opinion in Iran.
  As history shows, he badly miscalculated the magnitude of the US response.
  As so often before, however, Louis XIV miscalculated how foreigners would view his actions.
  And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction.
  But it is hard to imagine him miscalculating that it could be done in the teeth of active opposition from the other political parties, the electorate, and a somewhat sullen defence force.
  Microsoft had miscalculated what the typical PC owner wanted.
  We have learned that the terrorists were wrong, that they miscalculated.
  He also added that he believes that it is essential that the leadership of the People's Liberation Army do not miscalculate in this situation.

单词	miscalculate
释义	Definition of miscalculate in English: miscalculate verb mɪsˈkalkjʊleɪtmɪsˈkælkjəˌleɪt [with object] 1Calculate (an amount or measurement) wrongly. they miscalculated the number of new houses that would need to be built Example sentencesExamples Not only that, you will be astonished to learn, but it is miscalculated upward. They died because someone miscalculated the amount of time it would take for the car to cross the railroad tracks. She told him she had miscalculated the amount of money she needed for stock and was in danger of losing her customers if she couldn't meet her commitments. I finally finished the decking today.… I started to put the deck boards on yesterday whilst it was drizzling with rain and found out that I'd miscalculated the amount of boards I needed. The two main reasons for high quotes are either he doesn't want the job or he's miscalculated. Experts say the immigrants may have been here all along, but earlier estimates may have been miscalculated. The storage networking firm today said that an internal audit turned up two specific ways in which it miscalculated the stock compensation. It appears he miscalculated the scores and after checking with the media present declared that it was a draw after all. Record companies also reduce royalties by ‘forgetting’ to report sales figures, miscalculating royalties and by preventing artists from auditing record company books. The Department of Health is understood to have privately admitted miscalculating the cost of the contract, although it has denied this in public. Meanwhile, Fine Gael strongly rejected media claims that their economic document, had miscalculated by €1 billion per annum the borrowing implications of its policy. There is growing evidence that insurers routinely miscalculate how much compensation is due. However, while I woefully miscalculated the percentage points, I was dead-on in my place predictions. But within the last two weeks the auditors have discovered staff have been miscalculating the speed of decision-making. The government signs up for Kyoto and miscalculates the costs. In the June table of contents, we miscalculated the age of the Jesuit order of priests. If the historians have miscalculated the number of people who died due to certain action of any particular movement I stand to be corrected. ‘We've simply miscalculated our tax payments and are willing to pay the remaining sum,’ the company spokesperson told The Jakarta Post. The organisers of the French national lottery had miscalculated the odds, and if someone were to buy up all the tickets they would automatically make a huge profit. He could have maintained the joint lead had he not miscalculated bogies at the ninth and 17th holes. Synonyms misjudge, make a mistake (about), calculate wrongly, estimate wrongly, overestimate, underestimate, overvalue, undervalue go wrong, err, make an error, blunder, be wide of the mark informal slip up, make a boo-boo, make a howler British informal boob 1.1 Assess (a situation) wrongly. the government has seriously miscalculated the effect of privatization no object you miscalculated if you imagined I'd fallen for your little scheme Example sentencesExamples He also added that he believes that it is essential that the leadership of the People's Liberation Army do not miscalculate in this situation. To my mind, the Americans and their allies miscalculated badly. No less did he miscalculate the effect on public opinion in Iran. The military assessment now is that the U.S. miscalculated Iraqi tribal and religious loyalties and did not realize Iraqis are likely to fight only for their brethren. He miscalculated his support and underestimated the enemy. I suspect that the Republican machine has seriously miscalculated this year. He seriously miscalculated public opinion of the other countries. Now, though, it is hard to avoid the judgment that the Chancellor is miscalculating. As history shows, he badly miscalculated the magnitude of the US response. Microsoft had miscalculated what the typical PC owner wanted. But it is hard to imagine him miscalculating that it could be done in the teeth of active opposition from the other political parties, the electorate, and a somewhat sullen defence force. He seriously miscalculated the attitudes of the other political leaders. Of course, in this particular case, they appear to have miscalculated the political impact as well. ‘If this was an attempt to buy off the unions before the conferences, they have seriously miscalculated,’ he said. And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction. Did we miscalculate how we would be treated and received in Iraq? I think these candidates may have slightly miscalculated their decisions in recent cases. As so often before, however, Louis XIV miscalculated how foreigners would view his actions. We have learned that the terrorists were wrong, that they miscalculated. The whole thing was miscalculated and mismanaged - a case of complete incompetence. Rhymes calculate Definition of miscalculate in US English: miscalculate verbmɪsˈkælkjəˌleɪtmisˈkalkyəˌlāt [with object] 1Calculate (an amount, distance, or measurement) wrongly. Example sentencesExamples The government signs up for Kyoto and miscalculates the costs. The two main reasons for high quotes are either he doesn't want the job or he's miscalculated. I finally finished the decking today.… I started to put the deck boards on yesterday whilst it was drizzling with rain and found out that I'd miscalculated the amount of boards I needed. There is growing evidence that insurers routinely miscalculate how much compensation is due. The organisers of the French national lottery had miscalculated the odds, and if someone were to buy up all the tickets they would automatically make a huge profit. ‘We've simply miscalculated our tax payments and are willing to pay the remaining sum,’ the company spokesperson told The Jakarta Post. They died because someone miscalculated the amount of time it would take for the car to cross the railroad tracks. Not only that, you will be astonished to learn, but it is miscalculated upward. But within the last two weeks the auditors have discovered staff have been miscalculating the speed of decision-making. If the historians have miscalculated the number of people who died due to certain action of any particular movement I stand to be corrected. She told him she had miscalculated the amount of money she needed for stock and was in danger of losing her customers if she couldn't meet her commitments. Record companies also reduce royalties by ‘forgetting’ to report sales figures, miscalculating royalties and by preventing artists from auditing record company books. In the June table of contents, we miscalculated the age of the Jesuit order of priests. He could have maintained the joint lead had he not miscalculated bogies at the ninth and 17th holes. The Department of Health is understood to have privately admitted miscalculating the cost of the contract, although it has denied this in public. The storage networking firm today said that an internal audit turned up two specific ways in which it miscalculated the stock compensation. Meanwhile, Fine Gael strongly rejected media claims that their economic document, had miscalculated by €1 billion per annum the borrowing implications of its policy. It appears he miscalculated the scores and after checking with the media present declared that it was a draw after all. However, while I woefully miscalculated the percentage points, I was dead-on in my place predictions. Experts say the immigrants may have been here all along, but earlier estimates may have been miscalculated. Synonyms misjudge, make a mistake, make a mistake about, calculate wrongly, estimate wrongly, overestimate, underestimate, overvalue, undervalue 1.1 Assess (a situation) wrongly. the government has seriously miscalculated the effect of privatization no object you miscalculated if you imagined I'd fallen for your little scheme Example sentencesExamples He seriously miscalculated public opinion of the other countries. Did we miscalculate how we would be treated and received in Iraq? He miscalculated his support and underestimated the enemy. The whole thing was miscalculated and mismanaged - a case of complete incompetence. The military assessment now is that the U.S. miscalculated Iraqi tribal and religious loyalties and did not realize Iraqis are likely to fight only for their brethren. ‘If this was an attempt to buy off the unions before the conferences, they have seriously miscalculated,’ he said. He seriously miscalculated the attitudes of the other political leaders. Now, though, it is hard to avoid the judgment that the Chancellor is miscalculating. I think these candidates may have slightly miscalculated their decisions in recent cases. I suspect that the Republican machine has seriously miscalculated this year. Of course, in this particular case, they appear to have miscalculated the political impact as well. To my mind, the Americans and their allies miscalculated badly. No less did he miscalculate the effect on public opinion in Iran. As history shows, he badly miscalculated the magnitude of the US response. As so often before, however, Louis XIV miscalculated how foreigners would view his actions. And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction. But it is hard to imagine him miscalculating that it could be done in the teeth of active opposition from the other political parties, the electorate, and a somewhat sullen defence force. Microsoft had miscalculated what the typical PC owner wanted. We have learned that the terrorists were wrong, that they miscalculated. He also added that he believes that it is essential that the leadership of the People's Liberation Army do not miscalculate in this situation.
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