"mispluck" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misplucks [present, singular, third-person], misplucking [participle, present], misplucked [participle, past], misplucked [past]
Etymology: From mis- + pluck. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|pluck}} mis- + pluck Head templates: {{en-verb}} mispluck (third-person singular simple present misplucks, present participle misplucking, simple past and past participle misplucked)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To pluck incorrectly. Tags: intransitive, transitive

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From mis- + pluck.",
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    {
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          "ref": "1979, High Fidelity Incorporating Musical America - Volume 29, page 32:",
          "text": "If there were any misplayed notes or misplucked strings, this listener blissfully unaware of them.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991, Musical America - Volume 111:",
          "text": "Although Kirchofs technique is fluid, it can also become rather sloppy, riddled with far too many misplucked notes.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Judy McInerney, The Pumilio Child:",
          "text": "Anna's repertoire of folk songs usually delights the audience and has them joining in each chorus, but tonight her voice sounds reedy and her fingers mispluck several times.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "To pluck incorrectly."
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To pluck incorrectly."
      ],
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    },
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        "present"
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          "text": "If there were any misplayed notes or misplucked strings, this listener blissfully unaware of them.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1991, Musical America - Volume 111:",
          "text": "Although Kirchofs technique is fluid, it can also become rather sloppy, riddled with far too many misplucked notes.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Judy McInerney, The Pumilio Child:",
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