Definition of Miscalculates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of miscalculate) ¹

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Definition of Miscalculates

1. miscalculate [v] - See also: miscalculate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Miscalculates

misbranders
misbranding
misbrands
misbuild
misbuilding
misbuilds
misbuilt
misc
misc.
miscalculate
miscalculated
miscalculates
miscalculating
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miscalibrated
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miscall
miscalled
miscaller
miscallers
miscalling
miscalls

Literary usage of Miscalculates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nasby in Exile; Or, Six Months of Travel in England, Ireland, Scotland by David Ross Locke (1882)
"She runs up a rope like a squirrel, and jumps from a horizontal bar, twenty feet, catching hold of IF SHE EVER Miscalculates BY A HAIR'S BREADTH, ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Railroads by Horace Gay Wood (1885)
"upon the track, and miscalculates as to the chances of crossing, the risk is his, unless some negligence can be imputed to the company 523. ..."

3. Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1848)
"Grouchy waits for orders—March of Blucher—Reasona assigned by the French fortheir Defeat—Blucher appears near Sunset—Bonaparte miscalculates on ..."

4. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases in the by Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson (1889)
"138, because where a person attempts to cross a railroad track in advance of an approaching train, and merely miscalculates his ability to do so in safety, ..."

5. The Sailor King: William the Fourth, His Court and His Subjects by Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy (1903)
"... the Fight—Lord Melbourne's Letter to Mrs. Norton—His Statement to Lord Campbell —Sir William Follet's Opinion of the Evidence— Norton miscalculates his ..."

6. The Sailor King: William the Fourth, His Court and His Subjects by Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy (1903)
"... the Fight—Lord Melbourne's Letter to Mrs. Norton—His Statement to Lord Campbell —Sir William Follet's Opinion of the Evidence— Norton miscalculates his ..."

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