misgender
Americanverb (used with object)
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misgenders,
present (3rd person singular)
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misgendered,
past, past participle
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misgendering
present participle
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
Take the terms you’d be “insisting on” if you did call her: You’d like her not to misgender you, and you’d like her not to share personal information with a man who’s attacked you.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2020
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
You hosted a CBC documentary about nonbinary identity recently, it must be disheartening to see people here getting their passports forcibly misgendered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2025
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
“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
The Human Rights Campaign notes that the number of fatalities is likely an undercount because the deaths of trans people often go unreported or the victims are misgendered in news or police reports.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
District Judge Fred W. Slaughter of California’s Central District does not fully invalidate UC’s wide-ranging anti-harassment policy, which covers misgendering, sexual abuse and stalking among campus community members.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
She had been accused of misconduct, failures of patient care and misgendering Dr Upton.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2025
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 Washington Times ● Apr. 22, 2023
That’s known as misgendering — using pronouns that don’t match a person’s gender identity.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2023
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