MISCALCULATE

miscalculate, misestimate

(verb) calculate incorrectly; “I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding”

miscalculate, misestimate

(verb) judge incorrectly; “I had misestimated his determination”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

miscalculate (third-person singular simple present miscalculates, present participle miscalculating, simple past and past participle miscalculated)

To calculate incorrectly.

To make a gross error in judgement.

Source: Wiktionary


Mis*cal"cu*late, v. t. & i.

Definition: To calculate erroneously; to judge wrongly.

– Mis*cal`cu*la"tion, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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23 February 2025

BARGAIN

(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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