miscalculateverb [ I or T ]
uk/mɪsˈkæl.kjə.leɪt/us/mɪsˈkæl.kjə.leɪt/to calculate an amount wrongly:
[ + question word ] We had a lot of food left over from the party because I'd miscalculated how much people would eat.
to judge a situation badly:
He miscalculated badly when he underestimated the response of the international community to the invasion.
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Calculations & calculating
- aggregate
- algorithm
- amount
- amount to sth
- average
- come to sth
- commutative
- computational
- equate
- figure
- gauge
- get/have your sums right/wrong idiom
- grand total
- guesstimate
- instantaneous velocity
- projected
- put
- put sth at sth
- result
- triangulation
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miscalculation
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˌmɪs.kæl.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌmɪs.kæl.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
The project went over budget because of a miscalculation at the planning stage.
The conspirators' plot failed because they made two fatal miscalculations.