miscalculated

verb

past tense of miscalculate
as in misunderstood
to make an incorrect judgment regarding they miscalculated how difficult the mountainous trek would be

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  1. misunderstood
  2. underestimated
  3. misjudged
  4. mistook
Verb
  • Reward prediction error reflects a discrepancy in the outcome or goal and, in the NVA system, can indicate that the AI has misunderstood what the person ultimately wanted.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Mangione's attorneys then fired back Monday in a response to the DA's office's letter, saying prosecutors had misunderstood their position.
    — Greg Wehner , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of misunderstood
Verb
  • The announcement followed Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez's acknowledgment that authorities had underestimated the unrest and lost control in some cities during Saturday's protests.
    — Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Past changes have pushed the glacier into a retreat that may be difficult to reverse, while new modeling suggests scientists may have underestimated how warm seawater reaches beneath it.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of underestimated
Verb
  • Some have misjudged the strength of the surface mat, stepping in the wrong place or breaking through into the cold water below.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Jorrel Hato misjudged the flight of the delivery, allowing Belloumi to emphatically half-volley a shot into the bottom corner.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of misjudged
Verb
  • In their petitions, several immigrants said that officers mistook them for the aggressor.
    — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Jensen Huang has argued that the doomsayers mistook the task of reading scans for the whole job.
    — Han Wang, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of mistook
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