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❌ A wrong citation ❌ To cite wrongly
to miscite

to miscite

8.0
To give wrong details about a source
  • verb
  • /mɪsˈsaɪt/
  • Jargon
translation icon : citar incorrectamente
  • Teachers may penalize students for failing to miscite their sources correctly.

And I'll post a correction if we agree that I indeed misspoke or miscited something.

Examples

  • It is crucial to avoid miscite citations when writing academic articles.

  • I similarly think you may miscite my argument, which is that scale and technology gains will work to rapidly lower costs—as has been shown in the past—more than offsetting any increase in commodity costs.

    Blog text (32)

  • We will not knowingly misrepresent, mischaracterize, misquote, or miscite facts or authorities in any oral or written communication to the court.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The researcher was careful not to miscite any of the studies in her paper.

Synonyms

to misquote
vsto miscite
3 5.5

Repeat someone's words in the wrong way

refers to a source inaccurately rather than just the exact words

How Accurate

to miscite
  • Jargon
8.0
to falsify
  • Formal
44 7.3

Surface Forms

miscite infinitive
misquoted past
misquoted past participle
misquoting present participle
miscites third person singular

Morphology

miscite = cite (transparent) = mis + cite

A clear productive prefixation: 'mis-' (wrongly) + 'cite' gives 'to cite incorrectly'.

Etymology

Miscite comes from the prefix mis-, as in mistake, meaning 'wrong', and the verb cite meaning 'to name a source'. So to miscite is to 'cite' a source 'wrongly', which is why it means to give an incorrect reference.