miscalculated
- past participle of miscalculate.
- past tense form of miscalculate.
Example Sentences
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What was marketed as guaranteed stability turned out to be miscalculated risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Umanksy points to Measure ULA, the voter-approved tax widely referred to as the “mansion tax,” as an example of miscalculated promised outcomes.
From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026
But regardless of the intention, Fairhope miscalculated in prosecuting Gamble.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
Drake was due to play in Amsterdam two days after the final Manchester show, but his team had miscalculated the time it would take to ship the stage across the North Sea.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
In many ways, we had miscalculated; we had thought that by the 1970s we would be living in a democratic, nonracial South Africa.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
