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misquoted

misquoted is the simple past and past participle of misquote.

Meaning of misquote

Verb

misquote (third-person singular simple present misquotes, present participle misquoting, simple past and past participle misquoted)

  1. To incorrectly recite or record a quotation.
    • I'm so embarrassed, I misquoted Hamlet to a professor of Shakespeare.

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Questions about misquoted

What is misquoted the simple past and past participle of?
Misquoted is the simple past and past participle of misquote.

Words near misquoted in the dictionary

  1. Misquez
  2. Misquezes
  3. misquotation
  4. misquotations
  5. misquote
  6. misquoted
  7. misquoter
  8. misquoters
  9. misquotes
  10. misquoting
  11. misr

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misquoted (page history and authors); misquote (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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