Definition of Miscomputed

1. Verb. (past of miscompute) ¹

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Definition of Miscomputed

1. miscompute [v] - See also: miscompute

Lexicographical Neighbors of Miscomputed

miscommunicate
miscommunicated
miscommunicates
miscommunicating
miscommunication
miscommunications
miscomprehend
miscomprehended
miscomprehending
miscomprehends
miscomprehension
miscomprehensions
miscomputation
miscomputations
miscompute
miscomputed (current term)
miscomputes
miscomputing
misconceit
misconceits
misconceive
misconceived
misconceiver
misconceivers
misconceives
misconceiving
misconception
misconceptions
misconclusion
misconclusions

Literary usage of Miscomputed

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

1. Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Biographical by John Nichols, Samuel Bentley (1812)
"... gentle and proper items to his Lordship in my favour, the first good opportunity you may happen to have for this purpose, I miscomputed through hurry, ..."

2. Correspondence of Scientific Men of the Seventeenth Century: Including by Isaac Barrow, John Flamsteed, John Wallis, Stephen Peter Rigaud, Isaac Newton (1841)
"... I think I have all; at least, I want not the Epistle Dedicatory. Mr. Flamsteed's tables I find are very frequently either miscomputed or misprinted ..."

3. The Revised Reports by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1905)
"I also think there is no ground for saying that *the damages [ "62 ] were miscomputed. It must be borne in mind that embezzlement was imputed to the ..."

4. Astronomy in the Iberian Peninsula: Abraham Zacut and the Transition from by José Chabás, Bernard R. Goldstein (2000)
"... line-by-line differences (1;55, 2;2, 1 ;57, 1 ;59, 1 ;54, and 1 ;57) are not constant, thus indicating that the entries were miscomputed or miscopied. ..."

5. A Commentary on the Law of Agency and Agents by Francis Wharton (1876)
"And Maule, J., said: ' There is no ground for saying that the damages were miscomputed. It must be borne in mind that embezzlement was imputed to the ..."

6. Memoirs of the Right Honourable Henry Lord Langdale by Thomas Duffus Hardy (1852)
"... with a view to my own account, I have discovered that in the hurry of my last interview with you, I miscomputed the amount which I intended to pay, ..."

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