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mis-apostrophize

mis-apostrophize verb: to add an apostrophe inappropriately.

Verb

mis-apostrophize (third-person singular simple present mis-apostrophizes, present participle mis-apostrophizing, simple past and past participle mis-apostrophized)

  1. (rare, transitive) To add an apostrophe inappropriately
    • Will never tried to pick up women. He thought it unnatural and a little awkward, but he was feeling extraordinarily confident with Amelior in his system, so he took a plunge. "Don't you hate it when they mis-apostrophize things?" he asked, looking at her but nodding his head toward the menu. She...2013, JSB Morse, Now and at the Hour of Our Death, page 76

Forms of mis-apostrophize

third-person singular presentmis-apostrophizes
present participlemis-apostrophizing
past participlemis-apostrophized
pastmis-apostrophized

Origin of mis-apostrophize

From mis- + apostrophize.

Questions about mis-apostrophize

What does mis-apostrophize mean?
Mis-apostrophize means to add an apostrophe inappropriately.
What part of speech is mis-apostrophize?
Mis-apostrophize is a verb.
What is the past tense of mis-apostrophize?
The past tense of mis-apostrophize is mis-apostrophized.

Words near mis-apostrophize in the dictionary

  1. Mirăslău
  2. Mirșid
  3. MIS
  4. mis lit
  5. mis-
  6. mis-apostrophize
  7. mis-apostrophized
  8. mis-apostrophizes
  9. mis-apostrophizing
  10. mis-association
  11. mis-associations

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