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mistransmit

mistransmit verb: to transmit incorrectly.

Verb

mistransmit (third-person singular simple present mistransmits, present participle mistransmitting, simple past and past participle mistransmitted)

  1. To transmit incorrectly.
    • Also, you may be too far from the sending radio station for good reception; radio equipment does break down occasionally, and opertors do sometimes mistransmit or misreceive messages.1984, Peter J. Breed, Pavements Maintenance Specialist (AFSC 55150): General subjects, page 26
    • As I write these words I 'contract' my though into language and at the same time conceal, obscure, and mistransmit what I have to say.2009, Sanford L. Drob, Kabbalah and Postmodernism: A Dialogue, page 84

Forms of mistransmit

third-person singular presentmistransmits
present participlemistransmitting
past participlemistransmitted
pastmistransmitted

Origin of mistransmit

From mis- + transmit.

Questions about mistransmit

What does mistransmit mean?
Mistransmit means to transmit incorrectly.
What part of speech is mistransmit?
Mistransmit is a verb.
What is the past tense of mistransmit?
The past tense of mistransmit is mistransmitted.

Words near mistransmit in the dictionary

  1. mistransliterates
  2. mistransliterating
  3. mistransliteration
  4. mistransliterations
  5. mistranslocated
  6. mistransmit
  7. mistransmits
  8. mistransmitted
  9. mistransmitting
  10. mistransport
  11. mistransported

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