misscored

Points recorded incorrectly

Misscored is the past tense of misscore, meaning to record a score incorrectly in a game, test, or competition: The judge misscored the dive, costing her the medal.

It can also mean to fail at scoring in music or film—arranging instruments or timing poorly: The emotional climax was misscored with jarringly upbeat music.

error

miscalculated

Computed incorrectly

erroneous · mistaken · flawed · inaccurate · faulty · invalidated · misrecorded · mistallied · mismarked · misgraded

judgment

misjudged

Assessed incorrectly

contested · questionable · controversial · subjective · arbitrary · inconsistent · overrated · underrated · misread · misinterpreted

context

exam

Formal knowledge assessment

match · performance · essay · assignment · rubric · points · tally · scorecard · judge · referee

Opposites
accuracy of scoring

misscoredverified

Confirmed as accurate

validated · confirmed · error-free · accurate · double-checked

Family

score, scored, scores, scoring, scorer, scorers

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G