mispronounce
[mis-pruh-nouns]
Origin of mispronounce
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Contemporary Examples of mispronounce
On Tuesday night, David Letterman titled his Top Ten list "Top Ten Ways to Mispronounce Idina Menzel."
Historical Examples of mispronounce
As if that were not wild enough, they mispronounce it atrociously.
Ruggles of Red GapHarry Leon Wilson
Mother says I mispronounce awfully, and it's because I read so much to myself.
EyebrightSusan Coolidge
To mispronounce a word because it is misspelt is only indirectly an error of orthoepy.
The English LanguageRobert Gordon Latham
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 ChristianitySir Monier Monier-Williams
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 LongCharles Reade
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