Meanings
nounmiscompute (plural miscomputes)
plural miscomputes
- obsoleteAn erroneous computation.
Buddeus de Asse correcting their miscompute
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
verbmiscompute (third-person singular simple present miscomputes, present participle miscomputing, simple past and past participle miscomputed)
present singular third person miscomputes · participle present miscomputing · participle past miscomputed · past miscomputed
- To compute erroneously.
Synonyms: miscalculate
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo compute erroneously.
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