Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Erroneous calculation or estimate.
Wiktionary
- n. An incorrect or mistaken calculation
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a mistake in calculating.
- n. An error in judgment, especially about the effects of action or the likely course of events.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a mistake in calculating
Examples
“But Strauss-Kahn's earlier use of the word "miscalculation" is telling.”
“The production's biggest miscalculation is having Goese hoard eight similarly-themed, songs when three would amply supply rounded characterization.”
“However, realists tend not to grant that miscalculation is a major part of foreign policy, because that would raise questions about the role of leaders and other individuals.”
“Plot holes and hit-or-miss acting aside, the moviemakersâ most grievous miscalculation is that itâs just too long.”
“Finally, Webb's dark prophecies about the law-he calls it a "miscalculation" - are unconvincing:”
“The Portuguese government has said the miscalculation was the result of a change in EU accounting rules.”
“I believe it was a serious miscalculation, which is why somebody's calling up the Washington Post and instructing them to airbrush history.”
“At the worst it could only be called a miscalculation -- a mistake.”
“No doubt they did their best to be happy, as all creatures do, even the devil's children, only in a wrong shaft; but they had made that fearful miscalculation, which is the wages of sin, when they counted upon conscience as a pimp to their pleasures, in place of a king's-evidence against them, that king being the Lord of heaven and earth.”
“He called the miscalculation a "combination of arrogance and isolation fueled by the traditional oligarchy in Honduras.”
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