misprint
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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has misprintedperfect 3rd person singular
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have misprintedperfect
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am misprintingprogressive 1st person singular
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misprintssingular 3rd person
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are misprintingprogressive
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is misprintingprogressive 3rd person singular
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misprintingparticiple
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has been misprintingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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have been misprintingperfect progressive
Past
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had misprintedperfect
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was misprintingprogressive singular
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had been misprintingperfect progressive
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misprintedparticiple
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were misprintingprogressive plural
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misprintedsimple
Future
Etymology
Origin of misprint
Explanation
An error in a published text is a misprint. If a newspaper headline reads "Local Sailing Team Wins International Goat Race," that's probably a misprint. At least we hope it is! A mistake in anything that's printed is a misprint. You might also call it a typographical error or typo. Misprints are an embarrassment for the publisher, since they're evidence of a hasty printing job or a lack of careful proofreading. Spelling and grammatical errors (using then instead of than, for example) in books, magazines, or newspapers are common kinds of misprints.
Vocabulary lists containing misprint
Example Sentences
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The toy company quickly apologized for the gaffe, calling the misprint an “unfortunate error.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024
Reaching the conclusion that what she had on her hands was not what commenters suggested was a "haunted" or "cursed" album, but a comical and likely valuable misprint, she laughed it off.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2023
The edition donated to the British Heart Foundation is thought to be incredibly rare, featuring a misprint unique to the first version of the record of which there are only 10,000 copies.
From BBC • May 16, 2023
About six months after he started work, Vecchione prevented a misprint of the text of the second presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2022
Furthermore, whoever would name their offspring after the Emancipation Proclamation should blame themselves for any misprint.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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