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misstyle

misstyle verb: to style or name incorrectly.

Verb

misstyle (third-person singular simple present misstyles, present participle misstyling, simple past and past participle misstyled)

  1. (transitive) To style or name incorrectly.
    • […] plaintiff's misstyling himself as corporation in initial complaint constituted case of misnomer.1994, Illinois. Appellate Court, Stephen Davis Porter, Illinois Appellate reports, page 257

Forms of misstyle

third-person singular presentmisstyles
present participlemisstyling
past participlemisstyled
pastmisstyled

Origin of misstyle

From mis- + style.

Questions about misstyle

What does misstyle mean?
Misstyle means to style or name incorrectly.
What part of speech is misstyle?
Misstyle is a verb.
What is the past tense of misstyle?
The past tense of misstyle is misstyled.

Words near misstyle in the dictionary

  1. misstudied
  2. misstuff
  3. misstuffed
  4. misstuffing
  5. misstuffs
  6. misstyle
  7. misstyled
  8. misstyles
  9. misstyling
  10. missubmit
  11. missubmits

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