Miscalculate
verb
To calculate or judge something in a wrong way.
She miscalculated the time needed to complete the project.
Often appears as...
- miscalculate the cost
- miscalculate the time
verb
To calculate or judge something in a wrong way.
She miscalculated the time needed to complete the project.
Often appears as...
- miscalculate the cost
- miscalculate the time
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Result Implications
Emphasizes an error with consequences impacting plans, expectations, or outcomes.
He miscalculated his budget and now can't afford the trip.
Pro Tip 2/3Unintentional Error
Shows the mistake was not deliberate, often realizing it after the fact.
I miscalculated the number of guests, so there was less food than needed.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Usage
May be used metaphorically to refer to misunderstandings in human interactions.
She miscalculated his intentions and thought he was interested in her.
Pro Tip 1/3Result Implications
Emphasizes an error with consequences impacting plans, expectations, or outcomes.
He miscalculated his budget and now can't afford the trip.
Pro Tip 2/3Unintentional Error
Shows the mistake was not deliberate, often realizing it after the fact.
I miscalculated the number of guests, so there was less food than needed.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Usage
May be used metaphorically to refer to misunderstandings in human interactions.
She miscalculated his intentions and thought he was interested in her.
Pro Tip 1/3Result Implications
Emphasizes an error with consequences impacting plans, expectations, or outcomes.
He miscalculated his budget and now can't afford the trip.
Pro Tip 2/3Unintentional Error
Shows the mistake was not deliberate, often realizing it after the fact.
I miscalculated the number of guests, so there was less food than needed.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Usage
May be used metaphorically to refer to misunderstandings in human interactions.
She miscalculated his intentions and thought he was interested in her.
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How do we experience...
when we experience something new, unusual, or dynamic, like hopping on one foot while taking instructions from a voice on the computer, or, say, jumping out of an airplane, we often miscalculate how much time has passed. Meaning, if you bungee jump for the first time,
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The 4 stories we tell...
as a child, and have been through many times since, including as a grown-up, is a product of what psychologists call a bias. Now a bias is a way in which we systematically get things wrong, ways in which we miscalculate, misjudge,
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A Collection Of Summer...
the slightest miscalculation could be fatal gametes dive no deeper than 10 meters so once again they rely on the dolphins to keep their prey near the surface
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Man Crucified Every Year...
each nail must be precisely placed a miscalculation could cause permanent paralysis in the hands
Video examples
How do we experience...
when we experience something new, unusual, or dynamic, like hopping on one foot while taking instructions from a voice on the computer, or, say, jumping out of an airplane, we often miscalculate how much time has passed. Meaning, if you bungee jump for the first time,
Video examples
The 4 stories we tell...
as a child, and have been through many times since, including as a grown-up, is a product of what psychologists call a bias. Now a bias is a way in which we systematically get things wrong, ways in which we miscalculate, misjudge,
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A Collection Of Summer...
the slightest miscalculation could be fatal gametes dive no deeper than 10 meters so once again they rely on the dolphins to keep their prey near the surface
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Man Crucified Every Year...
each nail must be precisely placed a miscalculation could cause permanent paralysis in the hands
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Quote examples
Dennis Ross
American Diplomat
You don't have any communication between the Israelis and the Iranians. You have all sorts of local triggers for conflict. Having countries act on a hair trigger - where they can't afford to be second to strike - the potential for a miscalculation or a nuclear war through inadvertence is simply too high.
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Robert C. O'Brien
American Public Servant
For decades, conventional wisdom in the United States held that it was only a matter of time before China would become more liberal, first economically and then politically. We could not have been more wrong - a miscalculation that stands as the greatest failure of U.S. foreign policy since the 1930s.
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Stephen Kinzer
American Author
American strategic doctrine suggests that Mexico is of second-level importance to the United States. It ranks below Japan and Indonesia, Brazil and India, Egypt and Israel, and European powers including Britain, France, and Germany. This is a grave geopolitical miscalculation.
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Valerie Jarrett
American Lawyer
One miscalculation I made is I did not fully appreciate that the Republicans in Congress were going to just say no to everything. Even when there are ideas that have traditionally been bipartisan.
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Frances McDormand
American Actress
My feminist training was that this was your goal, to be a self-sufficient woman, but that is a miscalculation. It's just not the way we work. We work in dialogue with the community.
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Carlos Beruff
American Businessman
I made the miscalculation of taking Mr. Rubio at his word that he wouldn't seek re-election if he lost the presidential primary.
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Mohamed ElBaradei
Egyptian Scientist
Even with the best intentions, you can have a nuclear war, a nuclear holocaust, through miscalculation, through accidents.
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Dennis Ross
American Diplomat
You don't have any communication between the Israelis and the Iranians. You have all sorts of local triggers for conflict. Having countries act on a hair trigger - where they can't afford to be second to strike - the potential for a miscalculation or a nuclear war through inadvertence is simply too high.
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Robert C. O'Brien
American Public Servant
For decades, conventional wisdom in the United States held that it was only a matter of time before China would become more liberal, first economically and then politically. We could not have been more wrong - a miscalculation that stands as the greatest failure of U.S. foreign policy since the 1930s.
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Stephen Kinzer
American Author
American strategic doctrine suggests that Mexico is of second-level importance to the United States. It ranks below Japan and Indonesia, Brazil and India, Egypt and Israel, and European powers including Britain, France, and Germany. This is a grave geopolitical miscalculation.
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Valerie Jarrett
American Lawyer
One miscalculation I made is I did not fully appreciate that the Republicans in Congress were going to just say no to everything. Even when there are ideas that have traditionally been bipartisan.
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Frances McDormand
American Actress
My feminist training was that this was your goal, to be a self-sufficient woman, but that is a miscalculation. It's just not the way we work. We work in dialogue with the community.
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Carlos Beruff
American Businessman
I made the miscalculation of taking Mr. Rubio at his word that he wouldn't seek re-election if he lost the presidential primary.
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Mohamed ElBaradei
Egyptian Scientist
Even with the best intentions, you can have a nuclear war, a nuclear holocaust, through miscalculation, through accidents.
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