miscount
Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
noun
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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miscountsimple
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miscountssimple
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have miscountedperfect
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has miscountedperfect
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am miscountingprogressive
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are miscountingprogressive
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is miscountingprogressive
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have been miscountingperfect progressive
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has been miscountingperfect progressive
Past
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miscountedsimple
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had miscountedperfect
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was miscountingprogressive
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were miscountingprogressive
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had been miscountingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of miscount
1350–1400; mis- 1 + count 1; replacing Middle English mesconten < Middle French mesconter
Vocabulary lists containing miscount
Example Sentences
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The audit concluded there was no evidence of a miscount or fraud.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2022
Carey appeared to miscount her steps on her run-up to the vault table, throwing her off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
Critics of the audit said before the report was finalized they felt it had not gone far enough to find the source of the miscount.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2021
“At least if there’s a miscount you can discover it,” she said.
From Fox News ● May 26, 2020
“It doesn’t cost you anything! Anyone would think the quartermaster’s store belonged to him! And now get on with it, you old blubber-sticker, and don’t you miscount either.”
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
It looks simple, but if a child miscounts, counts one cow twice or skips one, it reveals they need to work on their number sense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
It concluded that miscounts in a legislative race were primarily caused by the way absentee ballots were folded.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2021
Along with miscounts, these errors could also completely misrepresent entire communities.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2020
A United States Government Accountability Office report last year enumerated many flaws in the system that could lead to payment miscounts and confusion.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2019
Since all these errors could not be accounted for on the ground of miscounts on the part of the horse, it was evident that Hans is quite unable to count.
From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Pfungst, Oskar
But when Emily visits Stephanie, who’s locked away in her hotel room on house arrest like a twee Rapunzel, it becomes clear that the players have been miscounted.
From Salon ● May 3, 2025
England were bowled out for 159 after Jones had miscounted how many balls were left in the 48th over, which left number 11 Lauren Bell exposed at the other end.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2025
The Georgia Department of Public Health recently disclosed it had miscounted and inflated the number of registered medical marijuana patients.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
Prosecutors also suggested the poker player could have simply miscounted his earnings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2023
In band he miscounted the rests and came in at the wrong time, the only trumpet playing in a measure that was supposed to be all flutes.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The miscounting was attributed to patchy record-keeping and suspicions that some families may have tried to hide the deaths of elderly relatives in order to claim their pensions.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
Many other demonstrators were simply wary of the kind of vote miscounting, campaign overspending and electoral pressure tactics that were common in Mexico before the independent electoral agency was created in the 1990s.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 26, 2023
Yet in 2010, the bureau managed to do substantially better, reporting no such miscounting.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2022
As temperatures warm, cicadas may also be getting their tiny antennae crossed, miscounting the years entirely.
From Salon ● May 11, 2021
After twice miscounting the sum, he threw the whole to his daughter, and saying, in a stern voice, "Pay the rascal, and let him leave the house instantly!" he strode out of the room.
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir
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