miscount
[ verb mis-kount; noun mis-kount ]
/ verb mɪsˈkaʊnt; noun ˈmɪsˌkaʊnt /
verb (used with or without object)
to count or calculate erroneously.
noun
an erroneous counting; miscalculation.
Nearby words
- misconduct,
- misconstruction,
- misconstrue,
- miscopy,
- miscounsel,
- miscreance,
- miscreancy,
- miscreant,
- miscreate,
- miscreated
Origin of miscount
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Examples from the Web for miscount
To one unfamiliar with the score this must always sound as if the horn player had made a miscount and entered at the wrong place.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume II (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock ThayerSo the two Kentucky officers went ashore, each grumbling to the other about some "miscount."
Strange Stories of the Great Valley|Abbie Johnston GrosvenorWas there not some miscount, and was it not fifteen instead?
The Lure of the Mask|Harold MacGrathMorgan said in joke that there was a miscount, and that he actually received only ninety-nine blows.
Hero Stories from American History|Albert F. Blaisdell
miscount
/ (ˌmɪsˈkaʊnt) /
verb
to count or calculate incorrectly
noun
a false count or calculation
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