Synonyms for miscalculation
mis·cal·cu·la·tion

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1. miscalculation

   Synonyms:
   absurdity, error, fatuity, folly, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, imprudence, indiscretion, misjudgment, nonsense, senselessness, silliness, stupidity

   Antonyms:
   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 WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. miscalculation, misreckoning, misestimationnoun

   a mistake in calculating

   Synonyms:
   misestimation, misreckoning

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1. List of paraphrases for "miscalculation":

   misjudgment, misjudgement, mistake

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1. Nick Carter:

   Many of the traditional diplomatic tools and mechanisms that you and I grew up with in the Cold War ; these are no longer there, and without those tools and mechanisms there is a greater risk that these escalations or this escalation could lead to miscalculation.

2. President Barack Obama:

   The notion that we can simply ratchet up sanctions further and further and further and then ultimately Putin changes his mind, I think is a miscalculation.

3. United Nations:

   Humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation.

4. State John Kerry:

   It's very, very important that there be no misinterpretation or miscalculation with respect to any of the back-and-forth and the empowerment some entities might feel as a result of that.

5. Steve Schmidt:

   They made a horrendous miscalculation in not understanding the intent of the low-energy attack, which was designed to emasculate Bush, to make him look weak, defining him as weak denied him the ability to make the argument that by resume, competence and experience he was the most fit to command.