Definition
miscomputations
noun
- plural of miscomputation; errors or mistakes made in calculating or computing numbers or data
Usage: typically used in formal or technical contexts; countable noun
Examples
- The auditor discovered several miscomputations in the company's financial records.
- These miscomputations led to an overstatement of profits by millions of dollars.
- The engineer traced the system failure to miscomputations in the algorithm.
- Miscomputations in the survey data skewed the final results significantly.
- The accountant corrected the miscomputations before submitting the annual report.
- Such miscomputations are common when manual data entry is not carefully reviewed.