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Definition of Miscalculations
1. miscalculation [n] - See also: miscalculation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miscalculations
Literary usage of Miscalculations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ordeal by Battle by Frederick Scott Oliver (1915)
"CHAPTER VI GERMAN miscalculations IN the world's play-house there are a number of
... miscalculations ..."
2. The Law of Contracts by William Herbert Page (1919)
"miscalculations. In most jurisdictions, an offer which contains the words which
the offeror means it to contain, but which he makes because of a mistake in ..."
3. Problems in Greek History by John Pentland Mahaffy (1892)
"His miscalculations. stances just mentioned, was so dangerous and difficult that
no cautious and provident thinker could have called it secure. ..."
4. The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company: Including that of the by George Bryce (1900)
"... —Post erected on Arctic Coast—Return journey—Pond's miscalculations—Hudson
Bay Turner—Roderick McKenzie's hospitality —Alexander Mackenzie—Astronomy and ..."
5. Ulster as it is: Or, Twenty-eight Years' Experience as an Irish Editor by Thomas Macknight (1896)
"... VIII 1886-1887 Mr. Gladstone's Electoral miscalculations—Ulster Liberal Unionist
Discontent—Mr. TW Russell—Formation of the New Unionist Government—Mr. ..."
6. The Principles of Political Economy: With Some Inquiries Respecting Their by John Ramsay McCulloch (1849)
"... but are frequently occasioned ly sudden changes in its Quantity and
Value—Circumstances which occasion miscalculations on the Part of the Producers. ..."
7. The Commonweal: A Study of the Federal System of Political Economy by Alfred Peter Hillier (1909)
"... great federal instrument—Preference—Free Trade and disintegration—Universal
peace—The bygone forebodings of Lord Morley— Further miscalculations—March ..."
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