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Definition of "miscount" [mis•count]
- To count (something) incorrectly; miscalculate. (verb-transitive)
- To make an incorrect count. (verb-intransitive)
- An inaccurate count. (noun)
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Use "miscount" in a sentence
- "There apparently was a miscount, by the Pentagon or news organizations or both."
- "Mayor Daly needs to run some more seminars on how to miscount the vote before West Virginia and Kentucky."
- "The miscount rates were all far in excess of the accuracy rate required for voting systems by the federal Help America Vote Act HAVA."
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