miscount
1. to reach a total that is not correct when counting: 2. an occasion when…
Meaning of
miscount
in English
miscount
verb
us
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I
thought
we had enough
plates
for the
party
, but
perhaps
I miscounted.
A
computer
glitch
had miscounted thousands of
absentee
votes
.
Officials of that
school
said
state
officials
miscounted and there are
actually
eight
certified
teachers
.
The
crew
that
loaded
the
cargo
miscounted the
number
of
barrels
.
He would
occasionally
miscount the
number
of
subway
stops
on his way
home
and get off at 145th
Street
instead
of 135th
Street
.
miscount
noun
us
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The
missing
revenue
from the miscount
totals
between $8,000 and $12,000.
Most of the
lost
votes
and miscounts
occurred
in
counties
with
modern
electronic
systems
.
The
district
is
appealing
because
officials
think
there was a miscount.
Some
council
members
questioned
how the
academy
would
safeguard
against
student
miscounts.
The
prison
miscount has a
severe
impact
on
elections
.
(Definition of
miscount
Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
miscount
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miscount
verb
uk
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Someone in the
warehouse
must have miscounted.
The HR
manager
miscounted the
number
of
employees
receiving
benefits
.
(Definition of
miscount
Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
Examples
of
miscount
This
miscount
is not a problem with wh-adverbs.
Cambridge English Corpus
However, when wheel slips occur in practice, the robot miscounts the encoder sensing data, resulting in a deviation error from the desired path.
Cambridge English Corpus
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All mistakes, miscounts and misinterpretations are authorial.
Cambridge English Corpus
By some error be had miscounted the picnic party and this girl had been left at home.
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I might have made a
miscount
.
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He took frequent inventories of his stock and when he miscounted or actually found some article missing he turned the place upside down until the loss was adjusted.
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