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How to pronounce miscalculation in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms misestimation, misreckoning
Type of error, fault, mistake
Has types rounding error, backfire, truncation error, boomerang, rounding
Derivation miscalculate

Examples of miscalculation

miscalculation
Success will be denied you if you make a miscalculation or form a misconception.
From the kansas.com
Kim Jong-un's youth and inexperience make him very vulnerable to miscalculation.
From the independent.co.uk
It is not all that inconceivable for Google to make this kind of miscalculation.
From the forbes.com
His most important error was a miscalculation of the circumference of the earth.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It was a miscalculation, and one that reflects badly on the government's whips.
From the economist.com
The abduction of their most famous victim, however, proved to be a miscalculation.
From the time.com
If Pechal has made a miscalculation, it's in moving in to such small quarters.
From the sacbee.com
The rise of Barack Obama includes one glaring episode of political miscalculation.
From the nytimes.com
The ugliness of Going Places is not the result of ineptness or miscalculation.
From the time.com
More examples
  • A mistake in calculating
  • (miscalculate) judge incorrectly; "I had misestimated his determination"
  • Hastiness may cause decreased accuracy when entering Aim Mode.