miscalculate
He said it was necessary to find out exactly how the miscalculation occurred.
Due to a slight miscalculation on my part, my new sofa wouldn't fit up the stairs.
This conflict is the result of a grave miscalculation.

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miscalculation | Business English

miscalculation
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˌmɪskælkjəˈleɪʃən/us
ACCOUNTING
the act of calculating an amount wrongly:
The claim that the group's net asset value was $22 a share was a miscalculation.
miscalculation of sthAbout £265 million could be incurred in fines for miscalculation of tax.
the act of judging a situation badly:
It is a story of bad judgement and business miscalculation which resulted in the CEO being fired.
The company made a big miscalculation by closing down the retail side of the business.

Examples of miscalculation

miscalculation
This tactic has had the result of often leaving the left and the (authentic) centre without a visible enemy, thus leading to miscalculation and frustration.
A number of times he had lost followers due to political miscalculation by acting against the wishes of his clients.
The reports were silent on alleged miscalculations by the higher command.
Compared to this positional system, the usual methods of calculating with the abacus seemed to him themselves almost a kind of miscalculation.
Activist students and intellectuals are currently regarded as having brought victimisation upon themselves through egotism, elitism and gross miscalculation of possible outcomes.
The commercialisation of older people's private property also creates the risk of loss as a result of miscalculations, fraud and extortion.
Where state elites and association leaders have developed institutional norms and expectations of close relations, there is less room for misperception and miscalculation.
But another important miscalculation was to assume that the opposition was highly fragmented and that voters would vote sincerely.
The second objection is that it is a theory of altruism through miscalculation.
Of course, senior civil servants may have expected a greater policy role after the reforms, but if they did so it was a strategic miscalculation.
Thus, we might expect actor miscalculations regarding their ability to maximize benefits to be skewed to overnomination.
The haste of the scribe is clearly seen by his general untidiness, miscalculations of planning and enormous number of mistakes.
Miscalculation led to treatment plans that were incorrect.
When a nominating strategy enforcing this result is adopted, all party candidates win seats, unless there is miscalculation, and no increase in benefits is possible by selecting an alternative strategy.
Miscalculation is the only sin.
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