"misexplain" meaning in English

See misexplain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: misexplains [present, singular, third-person], misexplaining [participle, present], misexplained [participle, past], misexplained [past]
Etymology: mis- + explain Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|explain}} mis- + explain Head templates: {{en-verb}} misexplain (third-person singular simple present misexplains, present participle misexplaining, simple past and past participle misexplained)
  1. (transitive) To explain incorrectly. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-misexplain-en-verb-1m9VQMZ7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for misexplain meaning in English (1.2kB)

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