misinflect

misinflect verb: to inflect incorrectly.

Verb

misinflect (third-person singular simple present misinflects, present participle misinflecting, simple past and past participle misinflected)

To inflect incorrectly.
- Thus the student is taught from the very beginning to misinflect an important class of German nouns.1869, The New York Teacher, and the American Educational Monthly, page 264
- In consulting them, the reader should bear in mind that the singers use a variety of hiatus bridges ( j, h, v, etc.; all italicized in text) and not seldom misinflect words (sometimes under the pressure of sound-patterns).1980, Elinor Shaffer, Comparative Criticism

Any paraphrase that even slightly misinflects his descriptions runs the risk of near-total distortion.1989 ·, Richard Fleming, Michael Payne, The Senses of Stanley Cavell, page 234:
They managed, in repeating his name like the echoing mountains, to mispronounce or misinflect every syllable of it.1998, Starling Lawrence, Montenegro: A Novel, page 31:

third-person singular present	misinflects
present participle	misinflecting
past participle	misinflected
past	misinflected

From mis- + inflect.

What does misinflect mean?: Misinflect means to inflect incorrectly.
How do you use misinflect in a sentence?: Any paraphrase that even slightly misinflects his descriptions runs the risk of near-total distortion.
What part of speech is misinflect?: Misinflect is a verb.
What is the past tense of misinflect?: The past tense of misinflect is misinflected.

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