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misquoting

misquoting is the present participle and gerund 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 misquoting

What is misquoting the present participle and gerund of?
Misquoting is the present participle and gerund of misquote.

Words near misquoting in the dictionary

  1. misquote
  2. misquoted
  3. misquoter
  4. misquoters
  5. misquotes
  6. misquoting
  7. misr
  8. MISRA
  9. misrable
  10. misrace
  11. misraced

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misquoting (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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