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. Antnio Guterres:

   I am alarmed by the risk of a military escalation in the region, including by miscalculation or misunderstanding.

2. Defence Minister Kevin Andrews:

   We don't believe that turning a reef into a military airport is enhancing the peace and security of that region, the greatest danger in the region is a miscalculation.

3. Qin Gang:

   Our two countries should carry forward the friendship forged in battle by our people, rather than falling into misunderstanding, miscalculation or even conflict and confrontation.

4. 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.

5. Timothy Heath:

   The risk is growing that a miscalculation on the part of either China or any of the other rival claimants could escalate into a situation nobody wants – this is something that is of greatest concern to all sides, including the U.S. and Chinese leadership, the conflict in the South China Sea is nothing new. The Chinese have been claiming more or less the entirety of the South China Sea since as far back as the 1950s.