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miscorrect

miscorrect verb: to correct erroneously; to make a mistake in attempting to correct another mistake.

Verb

miscorrect (third-person singular simple present miscorrects, present participle miscorrecting, simple past and past participle miscorrected)

  1. To correct erroneously; to make a mistake in attempting to correct another mistake.
    • A proofreader that does not know foreign languages is likely to miscorrect Latin words.

Forms of miscorrect

third-person singular presentmiscorrects
present participlemiscorrecting
past participlemiscorrected
pastmiscorrected

Origin of miscorrect

From mis- + correct.

Questions about miscorrect

What does miscorrect mean?
Miscorrect means to correct erroneously; to make a mistake in attempting to correct another mistake.
What part of speech is miscorrect?
Miscorrect is a verb.
What is the past tense of miscorrect?
The past tense of miscorrect is miscorrected.

Words near miscorrect in the dictionary

  1. miscopied
  2. miscopies
  3. miscopy
  4. miscopying
  5. miscopyings
  6. miscorrect
  7. miscorrected
  8. miscorrecting
  9. miscorrection
  10. miscorrections
  11. miscorrects

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