mispredict

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verb

To predict incorrectly.

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

verbmispredict (third-person singular simple present mispredicts, present participle mispredicting, simple past and past participle mispredicted)

present singular third person mispredicts · participle present mispredicting · participle past mispredicted · past mispredicted

  1. To predict incorrectly.

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. Englishpredict
  10. Englishmispredict

From mis- + predict.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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