"misaccount" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɪsəˈkaʊnt/, /ˈmɪsəkaʊnt/ Forms: misaccounts [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English misaccounten, equivalent to mis- + account. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|misaccounten}} Middle English misaccounten, {{prefix|en|mis|account}} mis- + account Head templates: {{en-noun}} misaccount (plural misaccounts)
  1. A bad or wrong account; an incorrect narrative.
    Sense id: en-misaccount-en-noun-HIUe1AvJ

Verb

IPA: /mɪsəˈkaʊnt/, /ˈmɪsəkaʊnt/ Forms: misaccounts [present, singular, third-person], misaccounting [participle, present], misaccounted [participle, past], misaccounted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English misaccounten, equivalent to mis- + account. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|misaccounten}} Middle English misaccounten, {{prefix|en|mis|account}} mis- + account Head templates: {{en-verb}} misaccount (third-person singular simple present misaccounts, present participle misaccounting, simple past and past participle misaccounted)
  1. (transitive) to account badly, wrongfully, or in error Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-misaccount-en-verb-gVKA7J~0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with mis-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87

Inflected forms

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