"misphrase" meaning in English

See misphrase in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: misphrases [present, singular, third-person], misphrasing [participle, present], misphrased [participle, past], misphrased [past]
Etymology: mis- + phrase Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|phrase}} mis- + phrase Head templates: {{en-verb}} misphrase (third-person singular simple present misphrases, present participle misphrasing, simple past and past participle misphrased)
  1. To phrase incorrectly.
    Sense id: en-misphrase-en-verb-k~Y8twgj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for misphrase meaning in English (1.1kB)

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