miscount
Use Miscount in a sentence
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.
to count or calculate erroneously.
noun
2.
an erroneous counting; miscalculation.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to count or calculate incorrectly |
| —n | |
| 2. | a false count or calculation |
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Miscount
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Example sentences
There are two ways of cheating in an election, one of which is to miscount the ballots and the other is to insert false ballots.
In the event of a miscount, a recount shall be conducted.
The former pharmacist explained that there was a miscount during inventory and in updating the inventory stock cards.
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