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Synonyms for miscalculation
mis·cal·cu·la·tion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
miscalculation
Synonyms:
absurdity, error, fatuity, folly, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, imprudence, indiscretion, misjudgment, nonsense, senselessness, silliness, stupidityAntonyms:
attainment, depth, discernment, discretion, enlightenment, erudition, foresight, information, insight, judgment, judiciousness, knowledge, learning, prescience, profundity, prudence, reason, reason, reasonableness, sagacity, sense, skill, understanding, wisdom
Princeton's WordNet
miscalculation, misreckoning, misestimationnoun
a mistake in calculating
Synonyms:
misestimation, misreckoning
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "miscalculation":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#899 | error | |
#5805 | mistake | |
#12351 | nonsense | |
#20444 | stupidity | |
#21891 | folly | |
#37614 | absurdity | |
#45111 | silliness | |
#47276 | foolishness | |
#48388 | idiocy | |
#91338 | miscalculation | |
#92835 | indiscretion | |
#173706 | imbecility | |
#182661 | imprudence | |
#223530 | misjudgment | |
#245809 | senselessness | |
#307952 | misjudgement |
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The attacks on Saudi Arabia have changed the situation. Today the risk is (that things) flare up because of a miscalculation or a disproportionate response.
This bill makes crystal clear in advance that Putin and Russia will face punishing consequences if he makes the drastic miscalculation to invade Ukraine and further infringe on its sovereignty.
I think that is a terrible miscalculation because it's clear that the democratic process produced this law, floridians, including Disney employees, democratically elected Florida's state House representatives and state senators, and those elected officials passed this law; and then, thank God, Governor DeSantis signed it into law.
I am alarmed by the risk of a military escalation in the region, including by miscalculation or misunderstanding.
Defence Minister Kevin Andrews:
We don't believe that turning a reef into a military airport is enhancing the peace and security of that region, the greatest danger in the region is a miscalculation.
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