mispress

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/ˈmɪspɹɛs//mɪsˈpɹɛs/

noun

A vinyl record with incorrect content pressed, due to a manufacturing mistake.

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Meanings

nounmispress (plural mispresses)

plural mispresses

  1. A vinyl record with incorrect content pressed, due to a manufacturing mistake.
verbmispress (third-person singular simple present mispresses, present participle mispressing, simple past and past participle mispressed)

present singular third person mispresses · participle present mispressing · participle past mispressed · past mispressed

  1. transitiveto press (a record) incorrectly.

Origin

From mis- + press.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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