misgroup

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verb

To group wrongly.

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Meanings

verbmisgroup (third-person singular simple present misgroups, present participle misgrouping, simple past and past participle misgrouped)

present singular third person misgroups · participle present misgrouping · participle past misgrouped · past misgrouped

  1. transitiveTo group wrongly.

    Any fixed width cluster has the potential to misgroup peptides from multiple genes into a single group.

    2008, Samuel Harris Payne, Advances in Computational Mass Spectrometry
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    Consequently, the burden of grouping the syllables into words falls entirely on the reader, and it is very common for beginners to misgroup the syllables and create horrendous translations […]

    1991, Melvyn C. Goldstein, Gelek Rimpoche, Lobsang Phuntshog, Essentials of Modern Literary Tibetan

Origin

From mis- + group.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

groupism
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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