miscredit

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/mɪsˈkɹɛdɪt/

verb

To discredit.

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Meanings

verbmiscredit (third-person singular simple present miscredits, present participle miscrediting, simple past and past participle miscredited)

present singular third person miscredits · participle present miscrediting · participle past miscredited · past miscredited

  1. transitiveTo discredit.
  2. transitiveTo credit incorrectly.

    This unfortunately hasn't prevented many commentators from continuing to miscredit Flaherty as a codirector.

    2008, Steven Jay Schneider, One Thousand One Movies You Must See Before You Die
nounmiscredit (uncountable)
  1. uncountablediscredit

Origin

From mis- + credit.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

misdirectcreditism
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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