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mispress

/ˈmɪspɹɛs/

mispress noun: a vinyl record with incorrect content pressed, due to a manufacturing mistake.

Noun

mispress (plural mispresses)

  1. A vinyl record with incorrect content pressed, due to a manufacturing mistake.

Verb

IPA/mɪsˈpɹɛs/

mispress (third-person singular simple present mispresses, present participle mispressing, simple past and past participle mispressed)

  1. (transitive) to press (a record) incorrectly.

Forms of mispress

Noun
pluralmispresses
Verb
third-person singular presentmispresses
present participlemispressing
past participlemispressed
pastmispressed

Origin of mispress

From mis- + press.

Questions about mispress

What does mispress mean?
Mispress means a vinyl record with incorrect content pressed, due to a manufacturing mistake.
What part of speech is mispress?
Mispress can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce mispress?
Mispress is pronounced /ˈmɪspɹɛs/.
What is the plural of mispress?
The plural of mispress is mispresses.

Words near mispress in the dictionary

  1. mispresents
  2. mispreserve
  3. mispreserved
  4. mispreserves
  5. mispreserving
  6. mispress
  7. mispressed
  8. mispresses
  9. mispressing
  10. mispressings
  11. misprice

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