mispronounce
verb (used with or without object)
to pronounce incorrectly.
mispronounced
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past participleof mispronounce.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof mispronounce.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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Most clients mispronounced his name—and thus his company’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The uniforms are generic camouflage ones easily bought online, while the Ukrainian words are heavily mispronounced and spoken with a strong Russian accent.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025
“I mispronounced words in every single read-through, and I was usually mortified,” Holmes said, laughing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025
“If I purposely mispronounced your name, that would probably not be appropriate,” Boykin tried to explain, before Dyson added, “You’re normalizing that kind of viciousness, man. You’re disrespecting the woman.”
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2024
She’d mastered that delicate condescending eyebrow everyone else had, and she deliberately mispronounced the names of stores where she bought her clothes, like the French Tar-Jay, and the German Vahl-Mahrt.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
