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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
miscount .
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Examples
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VOTE fraud (or election fraud) is what's really going on with voters being disenfranchised - either kept from the polls or having their votes thrown out or 'miscounted' - in large numbers to achieve a partisan voting result.
"Commander 'N Thief", a must-see documentary by Tom O'Brien 2007
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Thus, before a McDonalds could fire even a 16 year old worker who refused to show up to work on time-if at all, treated customers poorly, and consistently "miscounted" the money he or she took in, the company would have to document all of these behaviors over time so as to be able to prove them to a court in a civil suit.
Slapstick Politics 2008
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How the hearts of the officials didn't melt at this I can't imagine – if I'd been one, I'd have let him retake his tee shots, miscounted the number of drops he took and rounded down his final tally.
Why it was all or nothing for Rory McIlroy at the Masters 2011
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Add New York's two Democratic senators to the list of public officials who say the U.S. Census miscounted the population in the Big Apple.
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The odds are not great; flipping an election result via a recount is unusual, hinging on how many mistakes election officials made or how many previously uncounted or miscounted votes the losing candidate can pick up.
In every election season, there's a recount. Lessons from Bush and Franken. Jay Weiner 2010
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Umm, no offense Hector, but you seem to have miscounted your reasons.
Matthew Yglesias » Rice Slams Non-Inclusive United States 2009
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Organizations that received stimulus money miscounted jobs, filed erroneous figures, or claimed jobs for work that has not yet started.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Bernie Madoff Counts the Stimulus 2009
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To be fair, I miscounted, and thought the Ostara Bunny only hid 12, turns out he hid 14.
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2010
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For some reason my camera decided to take 10 shots and I miscounted and reached for the camera …
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EPA fuel economy: 28/40 mpg, city/highway Cargo capacity: 11.8 cubic feet Actually, I miscounted.
Mazda3 Really Moves the Needle (Not the Gas One) Dan Neil 2012
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