misincorporation

noun

Faulty incorporation

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

nounmisincorporation (countable and uncountable, plural misincorporations)

plural misincorporations

  1. countableuncountablebiologyFaulty incorporation

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. Englishincorporation
  10. Englishmisincorporation

From mis- + incorporation.

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APA

misincorporation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misincorporation

MLA

“misincorporation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misincorporation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misincorporation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misincorporation.

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