miscommunicate

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verb

To communicate incorrectly.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

verbmiscommunicate (third-person singular simple present miscommunicates, present participle miscommunicating, simple past and past participle miscommunicated)

present singular third person miscommunicates · participle present miscommunicating · participle past miscommunicated · past miscommunicated

  1. ambitransitiveTo communicate incorrectly.

    Global problems arise from how humans have undervalued each other and miscommunicated with each other.

    2008 January 18, Harriet Rubin, “Google Offers a Map for Its Philanthropy”, in New York Times

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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