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Meanings of miscalculate in English

Spanish
calcular mal

Calculate incorrectly.

calcular mal
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Examples for "misestimate"
Examples for "misestimate"
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But the question remains: was it the timelines or the promise that was misestimated?
Wired
2
The researchers said 89 people misestimated the risks and benefits.
Reuters
3
He had misestimated the other two.
Mercenary
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One day I answered him, "The trouble with Rodney is that he misestimates his relations to cosmos"; to which he responded, "Cosmos-Cosmos?
Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
Usage of miscalculate in English
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There may be something that you will either overrate or miscalculate completely.
The South African
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He looked with confidence to the future, and he did not miscalculate.
History of the Conquest of Peru
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One usually does, I believe, but it is easy to miscalculate.
The Wheel of Life
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Aren't you-isn'tit natural you should miscalculate the forces against you?
The Case of Richard Meynell
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The dangers that they will miscalculate each other's actions, with catastrophic consequences, are real.
The Irish Times
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He did not miscalculate; the Mayor rose to his challenge.
The World for Sale, Volume 2.
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Life goes wrong for the same reason that people miscalculate.
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
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Essex did not miscalculate the probable effect of this exploit.
The Land-War in Ireland: A History for the Times
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He likes these last-minute saves and someday he'll miscalculate and hurt himself.... Oh, oh.
The Gods Themselves
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Annoyed hotel staff often wander in and steal from minibars, or deliberately miscalculate your charges.
News.com.au
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They fatally miscalculate what it takes to motivate people.
The Guardian
12
Apoplexy is a pistol-shot that does not miscalculate.
The Magic Skin
13
I spent the whole day laboring over it, only to miscalculate the amount of salt needed.
Somewhere inside
14
He may miscalculate his own forces; he may have no chart of the country he would invade.
Zanoni
15
Nations miscalculate their interests all the time.
Wired
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It was easy to miscalculate in the dark, and she reached the wall before she'd expected to.
The Hellbound Heart
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Miscalculate through the time