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misphrasing

misphrasing is the present participle and gerund of misphrase.

Meaning of misphrase

Verb

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

  1. To phrase incorrectly.

Noun

misphrasing (plural misphrasings)

  1. An instance of something being phrased badly or wrongly.

Forms of misphrasing

pluralmisphrasings

Questions about misphrasing

What does misphrasing mean?
Misphrasing means an instance of something being phrased badly or wrongly.
What is misphrasing the present participle and gerund of?
Misphrasing is the present participle and gerund of misphrase.
What part of speech is misphrasing?
Misphrasing is a noun.
What is the plural of misphrasing?
The plural of misphrasing is misphrasings.

Words near misphrasing in the dictionary

  1. misphenotypes
  2. misphenotyping
  3. misphrase
  4. misphrased
  5. misphrases
  6. misphrasing
  7. misphrasings
  8. mispick
  9. mispicked
  10. mispickel
  11. mispickels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misphrasing (page history and authors); misphrase (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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