misacknowledge

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UK/ˌmɪsəkˈnɒlɪdʒ/

verb

To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.

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Meanings

verbmisacknowledge (third-person singular simple present misacknowledges, present participle misacknowledging, simple past and past participle misacknowledged)

present singular third person misacknowledges · participle present misacknowledging · participle past misacknowledged · past misacknowledged

  1. rareTo fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.

    How many do I ordinarily see that mis-acknowledge poverty; how many that wish for death or that pass it without any alarm or affliction?

    1901, Robert S Littell, The Living Age, volume CCXXVIII
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    I saw him at Ferrara, in so pitteous a plight[…]; misacknowledging [translating mesconnoissant] both himselfe and his labours, which unwitting to him, and even to his face, have been published both uncorrected and maimed.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Origin

From mis- + acknowledge.

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APA

misacknowledge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misacknowledge

MLA

“misacknowledge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misacknowledge. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misacknowledge,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misacknowledge.

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