miscalculating
present participle ofmiscalculate
miscalculate
verb[IorT]
uk/mɪsˈkæl.kjə.leɪt/us/mɪsˈkæl.kjə.leɪt/tocalculateanamountwrongly:
[+ question word]We had a lot offoodleftover from thepartybecause I'd miscalculatedhowmuchpeoplewouldeat.
tojudgeasituationbadly:
He miscalculatedbadlywhen heunderestimatedtheresponseof theinternationalcommunityto theinvasion.
Calculations & calculating
- algebraic
- algebraically
- algo
- algorithmic
- amount
- calculate
- calculator
- formula
- guesstimate
- interpolate
- matrix
- miscalculation
- multigrid
- multigroup
- multipole
- non-commutative
- number-crunching
- QED
- root
- triangulation
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miscalculating
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
However, the matter gets worse and goes beyondmiscalculatingvotes, excluding obvious votes, excluding electors from the register and having low-level riots to prevent counts.
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They have in fact quite a habit ofmiscalculating.
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The judgment of those of us who warned him that he wasmiscalculatinghas been proved to be right.
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Miscalculatingfuture shipping rates, the company bought six new ships, but soon losses forced them to suspend shipping in 1953.
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