misenumerate

Verb

misenumerate (third-person singular simple present misenumerates, present participle misenumerating, simple past and past participle misenumerated)

1. To enumerate incorrectly; miscount.
   • To avoid tedious repetitious ^([sic]) the possibility that at least some of those “recovered/omitted” were not altogether “nonenumerated in 1951/1961”, but may have been misenumerated in the wrong age groups is not repeated at every relevant point.1963, Pakistan Development Review
   • For the word problem above, for example, a child may have difficulty representing the minuend accurately (put up four fingers or put out four blocks instead of five), take away one object too many or too few, or misenumerate the remaining objects.1989, Arthur J. Baroody, A Guide to Teaching Mathematics in the Primary Grades, page 133