Miscalculate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Miscalculate \Mis*cal"cu*late\, v. t. & i.
     1. To calculate erroneously.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To judge wrongly, especially about the effects of action
        or the likely course of events.


        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  miscalculate
       v 1: judge incorrectly; "I had misestimated his determination"
            [syn: {misestimate}]
       2: calculate incorrectly; "I miscalculated the number of guests
          at the wedding" [syn: {misestimate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "miscalculate":
     deviate, discount, disregard, err, fall into error, go amiss,
     go astray, go awry, go wrong, judge amiss, lapse, misappreciate,
     miscompute, misconjecture, misconstrue, miscount, misdeem,
     misesteem, misestimate, misevaluate, misinterpret, misjudge,
     misread, misreckon, misthink, misunderstand, misvalue,
     overestimate, overlook, overprize, overrate, overvalue, slip,
     slip up, stray, stumble, trip, underestimate, underprize,
     underrate, undervalue, wander