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Miscount

//mɪsˈkaʊnt// noun, verb

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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