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mispunctuate

mispunctuate verb: to punctuate incorrectly.

Verb

mispunctuate (third-person singular simple present mispunctuates, present participle mispunctuating, simple past and past participle mispunctuated)

  1. To punctuate incorrectly.

Forms of mispunctuate

third-person singular presentmispunctuates
present participlemispunctuating
past participlemispunctuated
pastmispunctuated

Origin of mispunctuate

From mis- + punctuate.

Questions about mispunctuate

What does mispunctuate mean?
Mispunctuate means to punctuate incorrectly.
What part of speech is mispunctuate?
Mispunctuate is a verb.
What is the past tense of mispunctuate?
The past tense of mispunctuate is mispunctuated.

Words near mispunctuate in the dictionary

  1. mispumps
  2. mispunch
  3. mispunched
  4. mispunches
  5. mispunching
  6. mispunctuate
  7. mispunctuated
  8. mispunctuates
  9. mispunctuating
  10. mispunctuation
  11. mispunctuations

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