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misexplanations

misexplanations is the plural of misexplanation.

Meaning of misexplanation

Noun

misexplanation (usually uncountable, plural misexplanations)

  1. (usually) Incorrect explanation.
    • The main thrust of the book is Wolff’s opinion on how bridge ought to be: free from cheats; free from purely destructive bidding methods; free from misexplanations; free from timely hesitations that tell partner what to do; free from organizers who do not know and love the game; and free from...2008 May 24, Phillip Alder, “From a New Autobiography, a 1970 Breakthrough Revisited”, in New York Times

Questions about misexplanations

What is misexplanations the plural of?
Misexplanations is the plural of misexplanation.

Words near misexplanations in the dictionary

  1. misexplain
  2. misexplained
  3. misexplaining
  4. misexplains
  5. misexplanation
  6. misexplanations
  7. misexplicate
  8. misexplicated
  9. misexplicates
  10. misexplicating
  11. misexplication

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misexplanations (page history and authors); misexplanation (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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