Meaning & use
miscount
To count something incorrectly, arriving at a total that is wrong.
See it in a sentence
The tired cashier miscounted the change and gave him too much money.
Election officials had to recheck the ballots after they miscounted the votes.
A note on using this word
Miscount can function as both a verb and a noun referring to the resulting error.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
An error made while counting something, resulting in an incorrect total.
A miscount during the recount delayed the final results by several hours.
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