miscalculate

If we did, we wouldn’t be watching the eeriest of parallels unfold at the end of another miscalculated American war.
No-No Boy’s Moving Musical Ode to the Fall of Afghanistan|Julian Saporiti|August 25, 2021|The Daily Beast
Yale economics professor Ebonya Washington co-authored a 2018 paper, “The Mommy Effect,” which asserts that women miscalculate the difficulty of balancing work and raising a family when they make decisions about their education.
The Looming Unemployment Benefits Cliff|Toyloy Brown III|August 9, 2021|Ozy
For his part Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu severely miscalculated by failing to recognize that while the Palestinians are down they are not yet out.
Israel-Palestine is a State of Permanent Conflict Punctuated by Periodic Carnage. Only the Watching World Can Stop It|Mouin Rabbani|May 13, 2021|Time
Richard has lost close friends—military pilots—because they simply miscalculated how far their blades were from the mountainside.
What We Know About the Deadly Alaskan Heli Crash|Marc Peruzzi|April 10, 2021|Outside Online

They also showed that if researchers only took into account the transmission dynamics of symptomatic individuals, they would likely miscalculate R0.
Chasing the Elusive Numbers That Define Epidemics|Jordana Cepelewicz|March 22, 2021|Quanta Magazine
And it might even cause Georgians to miscalculate American military support against Russia and foolishly provoke Moscow.
Obama's Latest Foreign Slip|Leslie H. Gelb|August 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
A beginner like you might miscalculate the weight, and think what a terrible smash up we'd have then!
In Hostile Red|Joseph Altsheler
Too many of us--the President among the rest, I fear--miscalculate the distance between contingency and desire.
Marse Henry (Vol. 2)|Henry Watterson
It seems to me that those who take such a view quite miscalculate the force of the affection that a man feels for his country.
Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O|Various
Even the oldest sailors are apt to miscalculate the time likely to elapse before the wind can touch them.
The Lieutenant and Commander|Basil Hall
I may miscalculate the time and wait until I am too small to climb upon the ring.
The Girl in the Golden Atom|Raymond King Cummings

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miscalculate

/ (ˌmɪsˈkælkjʊˌleɪt) /

verb

(tr) to calculate wrongly

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miscalculation, nounmiscalculator, noun

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