Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To count (something) incorrectly; miscalculate.
- intransitive verb To make an incorrect count.
- noun An inaccurate count.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An erroneous counting or numbering.
- To count erroneously; mistake in counting.
- To account wrongly; misjudge or misconstrue.
- To make a false reckoning.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To count erroneously.
- noun An erroneous counting.
- noun An erroneous count of ballots cast in an election.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To incorrectly
count oradd up
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb count wrongly
- noun an inaccurate count
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Examples
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The miscount rates were all far in excess of the accuracy rate required for voting systems by the federal Help America Vote Act HAVA.
Brad Friedman: Why Joe Miller Should Call for a Transparent 'Hand Count' of All Ballots Cast in Alaska Brad Friedman 2010
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The miscount rates were all far in excess of the accuracy rate required for voting systems by the federal Help America Vote Act HAVA.
Brad Friedman: Why Joe Miller Should Call for a Transparent 'Hand Count' of All Ballots Cast in Alaska Brad Friedman 2010
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Mayor Daly needs to run some more seminars on how to miscount the vote before West Virginia and Kentucky.
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The miscount rates were all far in excess of the accuracy rate required for voting systems by the federal Help America Vote Act HAVA.
Brad Friedman: Why Joe Miller Should Call for a Transparent 'Hand Count' of All Ballots Cast in Alaska Brad Friedman 2010
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The miscount rates were all far in excess of the accuracy rate required for voting systems by the federal Help America Vote Act HAVA.
Brad Friedman: Why Joe Miller Should Call for a Transparent 'Hand Count' of All Ballots Cast in Alaska Brad Friedman 2010
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There apparently was a miscount, by the Pentagon or news organizations or both.
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The miscount rates were all far in excess of the accuracy rate required for voting systems by the federal Help America Vote Act HAVA.
Brad Friedman: Why Joe Miller Should Call for a Transparent 'Hand Count' of All Ballots Cast in Alaska Brad Friedman 2010
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The miscount rates were all far in excess of the accuracy rate required for voting systems by the federal Help America Vote Act HAVA.
Brad Friedman: Why Joe Miller Should Call for a Transparent 'Hand Count' of All Ballots Cast in Alaska Brad Friedman 2010
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Second, I can't help but cast a somewhat skeptical eye at assertions that Obama's polling numbers are understated because they miscount/undercount the youth vote.
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The G.A.O. concluded, quote, "Some of these concerns were reported to have caused local problems at federal elections, resulting in the loss or miscount of votes."
Elizabeth Edwards: John Wanted To "Fight" 2004 Election Results, Was Overruled 2009
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