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mismarking

mismarking is the present participle and gerund of mismark.

Meaning of mismark

Verb

mismark (third-person singular simple present mismarks, present participle mismarking, simple past and past participle mismarked)

  1. (transitive) To mark incorrectly; err in noting or marking.

Noun

mismarking (plural mismarkings)

  1. An incorrect marking.
    • The mismarkings were detected during such a cross-check, D. Wilson Ervin, chief risk officer at Credit Suisse, said Tuesday.2008 February 22, Julia Werdigier, “Outdated Prices Blamed in Credit Suisse Error”, in New York Times

Forms of mismarking

pluralmismarkings

Questions about mismarking

What does mismarking mean?
Mismarking means an incorrect marking.
What is mismarking the present participle and gerund of?
Mismarking is the present participle and gerund of mismark.
What part of speech is mismarking?
Mismarking is a noun.
What is the plural of mismarking?
The plural of mismarking is mismarkings.

Words near mismarking in the dictionary

  1. mismarked
  2. mismarket
  3. mismarketed
  4. mismarketing
  5. mismarkets
  6. mismarking
  7. mismarkings
  8. mismarks
  9. mismarriage
  10. mismarriages
  11. mismarried

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mismarking (page history and authors); mismark (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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