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miscommunicate

miscommunicate verb: to communicate incorrectly.

Verb

miscommunicate (third-person singular simple present miscommunicates, present participle miscommunicating, simple past and past participle miscommunicated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To communicate incorrectly.
    • Global problems arise from how humans have undervalued each other and miscommunicated with each other.2008 January 18, Harriet Rubin, “Google Offers a Map for Its Philanthropy”, in New York Times

Forms of miscommunicate

third-person singular presentmiscommunicates
present participlemiscommunicating
past participlemiscommunicated
pastmiscommunicated

Origin of miscommunicate

From mis- + communicate.

Words formed from miscommunicate

Questions about miscommunicate

What does miscommunicate mean?
Miscommunicate means to communicate incorrectly.
What part of speech is miscommunicate?
Miscommunicate is a verb.
What is the past tense of miscommunicate?
The past tense of miscommunicate is miscommunicated.

Words near miscommunicate in the dictionary

  1. miscommit
  2. miscommits
  3. miscommitted
  4. miscommitting
  5. miscommunicado
  6. miscommunicate
  7. miscommunicated
  8. miscommunicates
  9. miscommunicating
  10. miscommunication
  11. miscommunications

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