He didn't miscalculate.
Source: tatoeba (11039503)
Miscalculate
//mɪsˈkælkjʊleɪt//
Synonyms for "miscalculate" (43 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (21)
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Translations
17 translations across 12 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 算错 verb (incorrectly calculate)
Czech
1 entries- přepočítat se verb (incorrectly calculate)
Finnish
2 entries- arvioida väärin verb (make a gross error in judgement)
- laskea väärin verb (incorrectly calculate)
German
1 entries- missrechnen verb (make a gross error in judgement)
Ido
1 entries- miskalkular verb (incorrectly calculate)
Irish
2 entries- mí-áirigh verb (incorrectly calculate)
- míríomh verb (incorrectly calculate)
Japanese
1 entries- 誤算する verb (incorrectly calculate)
Romanian
1 entries- calcula greșit verb (incorrectly calculate)
Russian
2 entries- просчи́тываться verb (make a gross error in judgement)
- просчита́ться verb (make a gross error in judgement)
Spanish
2 entries- calcular mal verb (incorrectly calculate)
- juzgar mal verb (make a gross error in judgement)
Swedish
1 entries- missräkna verb (make a gross error in judgement)
Ukrainian
2 entries- прорахо́вуватися verb (make a gross error in judgement)
- прорахува́тися verb (make a gross error in judgement)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
They miscalculated by assuming the dimensions were in imperial, not metric.
Source: wiktionary
Hitler and the Japanese generals miscalculated badly, 10 years ago, when they thought we would not be able to use our economic power effectively for the defeat of aggression. Let would-be aggressors make no such mistake today.
Source: wiktionary
Obsessed only with cost, 'Sir Humphrey' saw that Transport for London 'got away' with ticket office closures on the Tube with only minor public pushback and miscalculated that it could do the same on the national network. This assumption backfired spectacularly.
Source: wiktionary
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