miscalculated in English

verb

1

calculate (an amount, distance, or measurement) wrongly.

She told him she had miscalculated the amount of money she needed for stock and was in danger of losing her customers if she couldn't meet her commitments.

synonyms: misjudge, make a mistake (about), calculate wrongly, estimate wrongly, overestimate, underestimate, overvalue, undervalue, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand, go wrong, err, be wide of the mark

verb

• misjudge, make a mistake (about), calculate wrongly, estimate wrongly, overestimate, underestimate, overvalue, undervalue, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand, go wrong, err, be wide of the mark
• misestimate

Use "miscalculated" in a sentence

1. I think you must have miscalculated.

2. But they miscalculated by targeting popular entitlement programs.

3. They had seriously miscalculated the effect of inflation.

4. He had miscalculated how long the trip would take.

5. You miscalculated your trajectory relative to the incoming asteroid.

6. We miscalculated how long it would take to get there.

7. I think we miscalculated how people would react to the scene.

8. If he thinks I'll agree to that he's fully miscalculated.

9. The government has seriously miscalculated the economic effect of this policy.

10. Sorry we're late -- we miscalculated how long it would take to get here.

11. The city miscalculated the cost of earthquake repairs for the Bay Bridge.

12. It's clear that he has badly miscalculated the mood of the people.

13. The government appears to have miscalculated and bills are higher as a result.

14. There's too much meat. I must have miscalculated the amount/how much I needed.

15. He miscalculated badly when he underestimated the response of the international community to the invasion.

16. Synonyms for Blundered include erred, miscalculated, boobed, bungled, misjudged, fouled up, goofed, slipped up, flubbed and fluffed

17. Unfortunately, the difficulty of mustering the parade had been badly miscalculated and it was behind schedule.

18. I missed the train; I'd miscalculated the time it would take me to reach the station.

19. I missed the train because I'd miscalculated the time it would take me to reach the station.

20. Diplomats say the North miscalculated in its sabre-rattling and found even China was more rigorous in implementing sanctions than before.

21. During the mass exodus of Yavin to Hoth, Admiral Griff miscalculated his task force's hyperspace jump, bringing the three Destroyers out on top of the Executor.