miscount(n = noun.act) - an inaccurate count;
is a kind of count, counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally
Derived form verb miscount1
miscount(v = verb.communication) - count wrongly;
is one way to count, enumerate, number, numerate
Derived form noun miscount1
Sample sentences:
They miscount the money
To count erroneously. [1913 Webster]
1. An erroneous counting. [1913 Webster]
2. An erroneous count of ballots cast in an election. [PJC]
miscount, v. & n.
--v.tr. (also absol.) count wrongly.
--n. a wrong count.
VB be erroneous, cause error, mislead, misguide, lead astray, lead into error, beguile, misinform, delude, give a false impression, give a false idea, falsify, misstate, deceive, lie, err, be in error, be mistaken, be deceived, mistake, receive a false impression, deceive oneself, fall into error, lie under error, labor under an error, be in the wrong, blunder, misapprehend, misconceive, misunderstand, misreckon, miscount, miscalculate, play at cross purposes, be at cross purposes, trip, stumble, lose oneself, go astray, fail, be in the wrong box, take the wrong sow by the ear, put the saddle on the wrong horse, reckon without one's host, take the shadow for the substance, dream.