miscount

A noun referring to an inaccurate count or incorrect tally of something.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un décompte inexact ou une erreur dans le calcul ou la prise en compte de quelque chose.

1. An incorrect count B2 formal

   A situation in which the number of items or people is counted wrongly, resulting in an inaccurate total.

   • The ballot supervisor apologized for the miscount of votes.
   • The inventory showed a miscount of 50 units due to human error.
   • A miscount of the audience led to insufficient seating arrangements.

   🇫🇷Erreur de décompte

   Synonymes: miscalculationmisestimationmisreckoning

   Antonymes: count

• miscounts plural form
• miscounts' possessive plural form
• miscount's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of counting something incorrectly or making an error in calculation.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de compter incorrectement quelque chose ou de faire une erreur dans un calcul.

1. Count wrongly B2 formal

   To make an error when counting something, resulting in an incorrect total.

   • The cashier miscounted the change and gave me too much.
   • He miscounted the number of guests and ordered too little food.
   • She realized she had miscounted the votes after the recount.

   🇫🇷compter mal

   Synonymes: miscalculate

• miscounted past participle
• miscounted past simple
• miscounting present participle
• miscounts third person singular