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- Dictionarymiscalculation/ˌmɪskalkjʊˈleɪʃn/
noun
- 1. an act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgement: "miscalculations were made in counting properties"
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a calculation that has not been done correctly, or the act of calculating something wrongly: The project went over budget because of a miscalculation at the planning stage. They are calling for a recount because of errors and miscalculations in the compilation of the poll result. a wrong judgment about a situation:
: a mistake in calculation : wrong calculation. a costly miscalculation. … ruled that utility shareholders, not electricity consumers, must pay for some or all of the miscalculations that resulted in excessive expansion or cost overruns. Peter Nulty. Synonyms. misapprehension. misjudging. misjudgment. misstep. mistake. slipup.
to make a mistake when calculating an amount or judging someone or something: [ T ] Swensen badly miscalculated the time it would take. miscalculation.
Definition of miscalculation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define miscalculation. miscalculation synonyms, miscalculation pronunciation, miscalculation translation, English dictionary definition of miscalculation. tr. & intr.v. mis·cal·cu·lat·ed , mis·cal·cu·lat·ing , mis·cal·cu·lates To count or estimate incorrectly. mis·cal′cu·la′tion n.
(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
The meaning of MISCALCULATE is to calculate wrongly : to make a miscalculation. How to use miscalculate in a sentence.
