miscorrect

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verb

To correct erroneously; to make a mistake in attempting to correct another mistake.

“A proofreader that does not know foreign languages is likely to miscorrect Latin words.”

OriginEnglish correct ← Middle English mys- ← Old English mis- →
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Meanings

verbmiscorrect (third-person singular simple present miscorrects, present participle miscorrecting, simple past and past participle miscorrected)

present singular third person miscorrects · participle present miscorrecting · participle past miscorrected · past miscorrected

  1. To correct erroneously; to make a mistake in attempting to correct another mistake.

    A proofreader that does not know foreign languages is likely to miscorrect Latin words.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Englishcorrect
  10. Englishmiscorrect

From mis- + correct.

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Cite this entry
APA

miscorrect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miscorrect

MLA

“miscorrect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miscorrect. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “miscorrect,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miscorrect.

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