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misconnote

misconnote verb: to connote incorrectly; to imply something that is not true or valid.

Verb

misconnote (third-person singular simple present misconnotes, present participle misconnoting, simple past and past participle misconnoted)

  1. To connote incorrectly; to imply something that is not true or valid.
    • Actors themselves must be acutely aware of what gestures or modes of speech will produce what Indicators and Sensors, for a movement that misconnotes a Sensor would be detrimental to the audiences' comprehension of the drama.1978, Carol Ann Cohen, An Investigation of the History and Background of Surrealism and Antonin Artaud's Place Within the Movement
    • Any attempts at centralization on regional or crop basis may be misconnoted with political undertones.1997, Adedotun O. Phillips, Tunji Titilola, Sunday O. Titilola, Nigeria in two thousand and ten, page 71

Forms of misconnote

third-person singular presentmisconnotes
present participlemisconnoting
past participlemisconnoted
pastmisconnoted

Origin of misconnote

From mis- + connote.

Questions about misconnote

What does misconnote mean?
Misconnote means to connote incorrectly; to imply something that is not true or valid.
What part of speech is misconnote?
Misconnote is a verb.
What is the past tense of misconnote?
The past tense of misconnote is misconnoted.

Words near misconnote in the dictionary

  1. misconnected
  2. misconnecting
  3. misconnection
  4. misconnections
  5. misconnects
  6. misconnote
  7. misconnoted
  8. misconnotes
  9. misconnoting
  10. misconsecrate
  11. misconsecrated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misconnote (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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