Miscount

/mɪsˈkaʊnt/ noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An incorrect counting.

    "To bait the mark, the veteran grifter initially covers one of the three numbers on the clothespin or miscounts the marble tally which serves to award the mark fairbanked points. The grateful mark will not question the grifter's tricky misread or miscount."

  2. 2
    an inaccurate count wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To count incorrectly.
  2. 2
    count wrongly wordnet

Synonyms

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count discrepancycount errorcount errorscounting confusioncounting errorcounting errors

Example

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"To bait the mark, the veteran grifter initially covers one of the three numbers on the clothespin or miscounts the marble tally which serves to award the mark fairbanked points. The grateful mark will not question the grifter's tricky misread or miscount."

Etymology

From Middle English miscounten, equivalent to mis- + count.

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