Get Free Checker

miscalculation

[ UK /mɪskˌælkjʊlˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
[ US /mɪˈskæɫkjəˈɫeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a mistake in calculating

How To Use miscalculation In A Sentence

  • It could be argued that Blast was a miscalculation all round, even for Wyndham Lewis.
  • That is the road to dangerous miscalculation. Times, Sunday Times
  • It called the threat a "bad miscalculation", and appeared to goad Anonymous to action, with the phrase "bring it! BBC News - Home
  • The house was, he thought, a monument to miscalculation.
  • In the past year, numerous media accounts have revealed screw-ups, miscalculations and oversights.
  • The conspirators' plot failed because they made two fatal miscalculations.
  • It was, in any case, a terrifying miscalculation which led to a fundamental dishonesty.
  • Whatever lies behind the timing of this initiative, the need to deploy an entire battalion smacks of military miscalculation.
  • As Reagan understood them: "We seek to reduce nuclear arsenals and to reduce the chances for dangerous misunderstanding and miscalculations, so we have put forward proposals for what we call confidence-building measures. Joe Cirincione: Reagan the Abolitionist
  • Working conditions at the agency are very tense as unemployed people invariably wait for several hours in long queues leading to mistakes and miscalculations being made by staff.
View all