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miscorrect

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To correct erroneously; to make a mistake in attempting to correct another mistake.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A proofreader that does not know foreign languages is likely to miscorrect Latin words.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth2-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English correct English miscorrect From mis- + correct.