misexpressive

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adjective

Wrongly expressive; expressing the wrong meaning.

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Meanings

adjectivemisexpressive (comparative more misexpressive, superlative most misexpressive)

comparative more misexpressive · superlative most misexpressive

  1. Wrongly expressive; expressing the wrong meaning.

    But the terms promulged and unpromulged, as thus applied, are not less misexpressive than written and unwritten (sensu juridico).

    1873, John Austin, Lectures on Jurisprudence: Or, The Philosophy of Positive Law, page 542

Origin

From mis- + expressive.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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