"mishyphen" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: mishyphens [present, singular, third-person], mishyphening [participle, present], mishyphened [participle, past], mishyphened [past]
Etymology: mis- + hyphen Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|hyphen}} mis- + hyphen Head templates: {{en-verb}} mishyphen (third-person singular simple present mishyphens, present participle mishyphening, simple past and past participle mishyphened)
  1. (rare) Synonym of mishyphenate Tags: rare Synonyms: mishyphenate [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mishyphen meaning in English (2.4kB)

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