misgender
Americanverb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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misgendersimple
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misgenderssimple
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have misgenderedperfect
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has misgenderedperfect
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am misgenderingprogressive
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are misgenderingprogressive
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is misgenderingprogressive
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have been misgenderingperfect progressive
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has been misgenderingperfect progressive
Past
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misgenderedsimple
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had misgenderedperfect
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was misgenderingprogressive
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were misgenderingprogressive
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had been misgenderingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of misgender
Example Sentences
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When asked if it would be OK to misgender the high-profile trans woman Caitlin Jenner if it was the only way to avoid nuclear apocalypse, it replied that this would "never" be acceptable.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2024
“I would let folks misgender, me and I would let it slide because I was afraid to hold space.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
"Nobody should have to misgender themselves in order to book a flight," Wyden wrote.
From Reuters ● Jul. 1, 2022
I don’t worry about being judged for sharing my pronouns or correcting others when they misgender me.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2022
I don’t appreciate being they/them–ed, but I know the people who misgender me can’t read my mind and don’t know what that act represents to me.
From Slate ● May 3, 2018
Hunter Schafer, the trans performer nominated for her lead performance in “Cuckoo,” revealed this week that her newly-issued passport misgenders her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2025
As a running gag in one episode, he’s called to add cash to the “Pronoun Jar” whenever he misgenders or deadnames his daughter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2025
My 3-year-old consistently misgenders his beloved preschool teacher, “Miss Angela.”
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2021
When she misgenders the dog she shares with Gabby, Gabby barely bats an eye.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2020
Interestingly enough, Gladstone said that other Indigenous people from different tribes have spoken to her in English, they have accidentally misgendered her.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2024
Archie is always their first point of call, whether they are struggling with gender dysphoria or having to deal with being misgendered by others.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2023
Flores told GQ that “being misgendered as she/her always just felt like a little jab in the gut.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
“I had to tap into something else because it was hard being misgendered all the time and people not seeing me the way I saw myself,” Wall adds.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
“I don’t want my friends to be misgendered and deadnamed every single day just because they don’t want to come out to their parents,” Leo said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
In that case, the nurse is facing allegations – which she denies – of misconduct, failures of patient care and misgendering Dr Upton.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025
“Our policy talks about treating people with respect, and if you are misgendering somebody, that is not respectful,” Mr. Love said, as shown on video.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
“By misgendering, essentially what we’re sharing with the individual is that we’re not validating their experience or their identity.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
You’re worried you’re going to offend somebody by misgendering them completely innocently.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
That’s known as misgendering — using pronouns that don’t match a person’s gender identity.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2023
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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