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mispronounce

[ mis-pruh-nouns ]

/ ˌmɪs prəˈnaʊns /

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verb (used with or without object), mis·pro·nounced, mis·pro·nounc·ing.

to pronounce incorrectly.

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Origin of mispronounce

First recorded in 1585–95; mis-¹ + pronounce

OTHER WORDS FROM mispronounce

mis·pro·nounc·er, nounmis·pro·nun·ci·a·tion

[mis-pruh-nuhn-see-ey-shuhn], /ˌmɪs prəˌnʌn siˈeɪ ʃən/, noun

Words nearby mispronounce

mispleading, misprint, misprise, misprision, misprize, mispronounce, misproud, mispunctuate, misquotation, misquote, Misr

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Example sentences from the Web for mispronounce

On Tuesday night, David Letterman titled his Top Ten list "Top Ten Ways to Mispronounce Idina Menzel."
John Travolta and the Birth of the Adele Dazeem Phenomenon|Amy Zimmerman|March 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To mispronounce a word because it is misspelt is only indirectly an error of orthoepy.
The English Language|Robert Gordon Latham
There were two lines in it which I am going to mispronounce; but you are not Scotch, so I don't care for you, uncle, darling.
Love Me Little, Love Me Long|Charles Reade
Mother says I mispronounce awfully, and it's because I read so much to myself.
Eyebright|Susan Coolidge

As if that were not wild enough, they mispronounce it atrociously.
Ruggles of Red Gap|Harry Leon Wilson
It is common to hear English-speakers mispronounce the words Buddha and Buddhism.
Buddhism, In its Connexion With Brahmanism and Hinduism, and In Its Contrast with Christianity|Sir Monier Monier-Williams

British Dictionary definitions for mispronounce

mispronounce

/ (ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊns) /

verb

to pronounce (a word) wrongly

Derived forms of mispronounce

mispronunciation (ˌmɪsprəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən), noun

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