miscalculatev.
/ˌmɪsˈkalkjᵿleɪt/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈkælkjəˌleɪt/ 1. intransitive. To calculate, estimate, or reckon wrongly; to misjudge a matter, effect, etc.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > judge wrongly [verb (intransitive)]
mischoosea1325
misdeema1400
miscalculate1695
misdecide1827
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > be defective [verb (intransitive)] > in calculation
miscounta1393
miscompute1672
miscalculate1695
1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 38 To look for so obliging a World as this comes to, is to miscalculate extreamly.
1748 G. G. Beekman Let. 19 Dec. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 71 I fancey You have Miscalculated Otherwise would have sent me a Bill.
1840 T. B. Macaulay in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 347 The conspirators found that they had miscalculated.
1895 Atlantic Monthly 76 68 They had evidently miscalculated about my departure.
1942 J. Lees-Milne Ancestral Voices (1975) 46 They miscalculated in assuming that the campaign would be over before last winter.
1988 B. Chatwin Utz 11 Utz had miscalculated. He had counted on at least a handful..turning up.
2. transitive. To calculate, estimate, or reckon (something) wrongly; to misjudge (a matter, effect, etc.). Also with clause as object.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > miscalculate [verb (transitive)]
mistella1475
mischargec1495
misreckon1524
miscount1548
miscast1605
misnumber1614
miscompute1637
mistake1704
miscalculate1727
under-estimate1812
1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins 112 There may be in such a multitude of passages, several misquoted, misinterpreted, and miscalculated.
1788 R. Burns Let. 7 Dec. (2001) I. 341 You miscalculate matters widely, when you forbid my waiting on you lest it should hurt my worldly concerns.
1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece II. xii. 155 They probably miscalculated the effects of the public success.
1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 194 Or was it that Hannibal miscalculated the distance..of the route which he chose?
1935 E. Waugh Let. 26 Nov. (1980) 101 They never contemplated the necessity of military conquest on a large scale and entirely miscalculated the spirit of the people.
1952 Amer. Econ. Rev. 42 234 The Treasury might..minimize the risks of miscalculating investor response..by using a package offering of several issues.
1992 N.Y. Times 24 Aug. c7/5 He..miscalculated how much time he had to make a play on a grounder.
Derivatives
misˈcalculating adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [adjective]
foolisha1382
misadvisedc1390
unwise1390
indiscreet1413
misdeeming?1471
indigested1587
misjudging1598
unjudicial1599
unjudicious1611
unjudging1612
unjudiciallya1628
injudicious1649
ill-judginga1684
miscalculating1827
foot-shooting1984
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [adjective] > in calculation
miscalculating1827
1827 C. Wordsworth King Charles I 19 A lamentably miscalculating and dis-arranged understanding.
1851 I. Taylor Wesley & Methodism 205 An ill-judging weakness, a miscalculating caution.
1929 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 1 326 He [sc. King Constantine] and his country were the victims of a mistaken, selfish, miscalculating, and thoroughly wrong policy of the Entente Powers.
1988 P. Higonnet Sister Republics vi. 251 Jacobinism was a mix of miscalculating opportunism and sincere self-delusion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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