misreckon
Err in figuring
To misreckon is to calculate or estimate incorrectly, to misjudge a quantity or situation: We misreckoned the distance and ran out of fuel.
The word has an old-fashioned flavor, more common in British usage.
It implies not just error but a failure of judgment—you thought you had it figured out, but didn't.
Calculate incorrectly
- miscountError in enumeration
- miscalculationError in estimation
- misestimateJudge incorrectly
- underestimateJudge too low
overestimate · err · blunder · arithmetical · numerical · tally · sum · compute
Faulty evaluation of something
- misreadInterpret text incorrectly
- misconstrueUnderstand incorrectly
- misinterpretUnderstand something incorrectly
- misunderstandGrasp incorrectly
misconceive · misapprehend · underrate · overrate · misprize · mistaken · erroneous · wrong
miscompute
Calculate incorrectly
- miscountError in enumeration
- miscalculationError in estimation
- misestimateJudge incorrectly
underestimate · overestimate · err · blunder · arithmetical · numerical · tally · sum · compute · figure
misjudgment
Faulty evaluation of something
- misreadInterpret text incorrectly
- misconstrueUnderstand incorrectly
- misinterpretUnderstand something incorrectly
misunderstand · misconceive · misapprehend · underrate · overrate · misprize · mistaken · erroneous · wrong · faulty
oversight
Supervision or inadvertent omission
disregard · forget · skip · leave out · pass over · unnoticed · unaccounted · slip · lapse · inadvertent