misstyle

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verb

To style or name incorrectly.

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Meanings

verbmisstyle (third-person singular simple present misstyles, present participle misstyling, simple past and past participle misstyled)

present singular third person misstyles · participle present misstyling · participle past misstyled · past misstyled

  1. transitiveTo style or name incorrectly.

    […] plaintiff's misstyling himself as corporation in initial complaint constituted case of misnomer.

    1994, Illinois. Appellate Court, Stephen Davis Porter, Illinois Appellate reports, page 257

Origin

From mis- + style.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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