miscount

Example Sentences

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The miscounting was attributed to patchy record-keeping and suspicions that some families may have tried to hide the deaths of elderly relatives in order to claim their pensions.

From BBC

Tasked with chasing 181 to level the series, Jones was left unbeaten on 47 having failed to marshal the tail and miscounting the balls left in an over.

From BBC

England were bowled out for 159 after Jones had miscounted how many balls were left in the 48th over, which left number 11 Lauren Bell exposed at the other end.

From BBC

There were baseless claims that people had fabricated votes and that officials had miscounted and skewed the results.

From Seattle Times

By the next morning, Santorum’s underdog campaign was hearing from county chairmen about miscounts.

From New York Times