miscalculate

miscalculate

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ calculate

Verb

miscalculate (third-person singular simple present miscalculates, present participle miscalculating, simple past and past participle miscalculated)

1. To calculate incorrectly.

   They miscalculated by assuming the dimensions were in imperial, not metric.

2. To make a gross error in judgement.
   • 1950 September 1, Truman, Harry S., MP72-73 Korea and World Peace: President Truman Reports to the People‎, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162, 2:37 from the start:

     Hitler and the Japanese generals miscalculated badly, 10 years ago, when they thought we would not be able to use our economic power effectively for the defeat of aggression. Let would-be aggressors make no such mistake today.

Translations

incorrectly calculate

Chinese: Mandarin: 算错 (zh) (suàncuò) Czech: přepočítat se Finnish: laskea väärin (fi) Ido: miskalkular (io) Irish: míríomh, mí-áirigh Japanese: 誤算する (gosan suru) Romanian: calcula greșit Spanish: calcular mal

make a gross error in judgement

Finnish: arvioida väärin (fi) German: missrechnen Russian: просчи́тываться (ru) impf (prosčítyvatʹsja), просчита́ться (ru) pf (prosčitátʹsja) Spanish: juzgar mal Swedish: missräkna (sv)