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miscalculation

noun C2
  1. An incorrect or mistaken calculation. (countable, uncountable)
  2. An error in judgment. (countable, uncountable)

Plural miscalculations

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In this I fancy that in any case he made a miscalculation, and that, if we had not been there, his doom would none the less have been sealed.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 216 · C1
We transition inevitably from a state of joyful selection to one of onerous deliberation, burdened heavily by the weight of potential miscalculation.
The Tyranny of Choice, p. 1 · C2

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