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misexpress

misexpress verb: to express incorrectly.

Verb

misexpress (third-person singular simple present misexpresses, present participle misexpressing, simple past and past participle misexpressed)

  1. (transitive) To express incorrectly.
    • I misexpressed myself when I said I didn't want to see you. I only meant that I was temporarily busy.

Forms of misexpress

third-person singular presentmisexpresses
present participlemisexpressing
past participlemisexpressed
pastmisexpressed

Origin of misexpress

From mis- + express.

Questions about misexpress

What does misexpress mean?
Misexpress means to express incorrectly.
What part of speech is misexpress?
Misexpress is a verb.
What is the past tense of misexpress?
The past tense of misexpress is misexpressed.

Words near misexpress in the dictionary

  1. misexpositions
  2. misexpound
  3. misexpounded
  4. misexpounding
  5. misexpounds
  6. misexpress
  7. misexpressed
  8. misexpresses
  9. misexpressing
  10. misexpression
  11. misexpressional

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