Meaning & use

miscalculate

verb·Academic

To calculate something incorrectly, or to badly misjudge a situation.

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The engineer miscalculated the load that the bridge could safely support.

She miscalculated how long the drive would take and arrived quite late.

A note on using this word

Miscalculate applies both to numerical errors and to broader misjudgments of risk or outcome.

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