mistranscribe

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verb

To transcribe incorrectly.

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Meanings

verbmistranscribe (third-person singular simple present mistranscribes, present participle mistranscribing, simple past and past participle mistranscribed)

present singular third person mistranscribes · participle present mistranscribing · participle past mistranscribed · past mistranscribed

  1. transitiveTo transcribe incorrectly.

    Now a recently published compendium of his personal notebooks is coming under attack from two critics who say that the editor of the volume, Robert Faggen, mistranscribed hundreds, if not thousands, of Frost’s words.

    2008 January 22, Motoko Rich, “Editing of Frost Notebooks in Dispute”, in New York Times

Origin

From mis- + transcribe.

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Cite this entry
APA

mistranscribe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistranscribe

MLA

“mistranscribe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistranscribe. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mistranscribe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistranscribe.

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