misquotation
misquotation noun: an incorrect quotation.
Noun
misquotation (countable and uncountable, plural misquotations)
- An incorrect quotation.
- My misquotation of Hamlet during the Shakespeare lecture brought laughs. I wish I'd done it on purpose.
- There were some misquotations of a conversation with another member of the cast after the show, but rather than nitpick about misinterpretation, I want to address the real issues […]1986 August 9, Gail Ann Williams, “Ladies Against Women Responds”, in Gay Community News, page 4
misquotation meaning in Urdu and Kannada
misquotation in Urdu
- غلط حوالہ
misquotation in Kannada
- ತಪ್ಪೆತ್ತುಗೆ
Forms of misquotation
| plural | misquotations |
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Origin of misquotation
From mis- + quotation.
Questions about misquotation
- What does misquotation mean?
- Misquotation means an incorrect quotation.
- What is misquotation in Urdu?
- Misquotation in Urdu is غلط حوالہ. See Misquotation meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is misquotation?
- Misquotation is a noun.
- What is the plural of misquotation?
- The plural of misquotation is misquotations.
Words near misquotation in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: misquotation (page history and authors); misquotation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misquotation (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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