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mis-apostrophized

mis-apostrophized is the simple past and past participle of mis-apostrophize.

Meaning of mis-apostrophize

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

Questions about mis-apostrophized

What is mis-apostrophized the simple past and past participle of?
Mis-apostrophized is the simple past and past participle of mis-apostrophize.

Words near mis-apostrophized in the dictionary

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

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