as in to misunderstand
to make an incorrect judgment regarding
they miscalculated how difficult the mountainous trek would be
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By Emily Flitter, Bloomberg At one midsized US mortgage lender, almost a quarter of customers who dispute property appraisals find that the value of their home had been miscalculated.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2025
Boebert’s office told the Washington Examiner that first responders have slower response times in the affected areas, businesses go through the wrong city or town for permitting, sales tax revenue from online sales is miscalculated, and mail gets to residents slower.
—Ally Goelz, The Washington Examiner, 21 July 2025
Furthermore, overreliance on AI could lead to compliance mistakes, such as miscalculating notice periods and severance agreement terms.
—C200, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
But states like Florida that have a history of miscalculating their participants’ monthly benefits could have to finance up to a quarter of their SNAP allotments.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
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People keep either misunderstanding or forgetting that there are not one but two revolutions going on here, the second being accelerated computing.—
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But people also misunderstand sharia and how it is applied, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.—
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Even seasoned travelers underestimate how quickly streaming and Bluetooth drain a phone or tablet at 35,000 feet.—
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The next time new science reveals that a chemical is much more toxic, or that the amount of pollution released from a factory had been underestimated and would cause legally unacceptable health risks, the agency would not be able to react.—
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After months marked by corruption, violence, and the open perversion of law, to gasp in outrage at the loss of a few tons of masonry and mortar might seem oddly misjudged.—
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On one occasion, a blunt-nosed viper misjudged the distance to its prey.—
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There could be no mistaking that this was a significant mismatch.—
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Further investigation revealed that the victim was on board a northbound train, mistaking it for a southbound train.—
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“Miscalculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscalculate. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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