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misphrase

misphrase verb: to phrase incorrectly.

Verb

misphrase (third-person singular simple present misphrases, present participle misphrasing, simple past and past participle misphrased)

  1. To phrase incorrectly.

Forms of misphrase

third-person singular presentmisphrases
present participlemisphrasing
past participlemisphrased
pastmisphrased

Origin of misphrase

From mis- + phrase.

Questions about misphrase

What does misphrase mean?
Misphrase means to phrase incorrectly.
What part of speech is misphrase?
Misphrase is a verb.
What is the past tense of misphrase?
The past tense of misphrase is misphrased.

Words near misphrase in the dictionary

  1. misphasing
  2. misphenotype
  3. misphenotyped
  4. misphenotypes
  5. misphenotyping
  6. misphrase
  7. misphrased
  8. misphrases
  9. misphrasing
  10. misphrasings
  11. mispick

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