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misreckoning
noun as in miscalculation
Example Sentences
I have never been able to see the connection of this anachronism or misreckoning of time with the Prince's vow.
I dare say, many sin, rather because of a misapprehended immunity from it and a misreckoning of their own measure and strength, than because of the strength of sin itself.
It was now clear to him that he had made a grave misreckoning; humiliating, perhaps irreparable.
To works of charity the great illustrator gave largely, but we hear of no untoward misreckonings, nor bills drawn upon time, health or talents.
What childish follies and impertinences!—what misunderstanding of others, and misreckoning of the things that most concerned her—what blind drifting—what inevitable shipwreck!
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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