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misnumbering

misnumbering is the present participle and gerund of misnumber.

Meaning of misnumber

Verb

misnumber (third-person singular simple present misnumbers, present participle misnumbering, simple past and past participle misnumbered)

  1. (transitive) To assign numbers nonsequentially where sequential numbering was due.
    • The pages in this report are misnumbered. There are two "page 7"s, and there is no "page 6"!
  2. (transitive) To ascribe singular where plural was due, or vice versa.

Noun

misnumbering (plural misnumberings)

  1. An incorrect numbering.

Forms of misnumbering

pluralmisnumberings

Questions about misnumbering

What does misnumbering mean?
Misnumbering means an incorrect numbering.
What is misnumbering the present participle and gerund of?
Misnumbering is the present participle and gerund of misnumber.
What part of speech is misnumbering?
Misnumbering is a noun.
What is the plural of misnumbering?
The plural of misnumbering is misnumberings.

Words near misnumbering in the dictionary

  1. misnoting
  2. misnourished
  3. misnucleation
  4. misnumber
  5. misnumbered
  6. misnumbering
  7. misnumberings
  8. misnumbers
  9. misnumerate
  10. misnumerated
  11. misnumerates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misnumbering (page history and authors); misnumber (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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