"miscorrect" meaning in English

See miscorrect in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: miscorrects [present, singular, third-person], miscorrecting [participle, present], miscorrected [participle, past], miscorrected [past]
Etymology: From mis- + correct. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|correct}} mis- + correct Head templates: {{en-verb}} miscorrect (third-person singular simple present miscorrects, present participle miscorrecting, simple past and past participle miscorrected)
  1. To correct erroneously; to make a mistake in attempting to correct another mistake.

Inflected forms

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