to miscopy
- verb
- /ˌmɪsˈkɑːpi/
:
copiar incorrectamente
- "And the big fear in the penmanship arena was that national security itself might be threatened by mistranslated, miscopied documents—absolutely not acceptable in the world of nuclear weapons development or espionage.
Examples
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17: M seems to have misremembered or miscopied the location of the reference to Martha, which should be Luke 10:41.
Fiction book (1996) -
However, as the division proceeds, genetic information can be miscopied, thereby creating a mutant cell.
Academic text (1992) -
She found she'd miscopied the amount of interest income and erased it carefully.
Fiction book (1995) -
She realized she had miscopy the phone number on the invitation, leading guests to the wrong address.
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The editor had to double-check the manuscript because he miscopy several important dates.
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If you miscopy the instructions, you might not assemble the furniture correctly.
Synonyms
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2.9
To press the wrong key when you write on a keyboard
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3.2
To put a wrong name or number in a text
Write something wrong, for example a wrong date or phone number
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Etymology
Miscopy is formed from mis- 'wrong' and copy 'to copy', so to miscopy something is to copy it incorrectly or make a wrong copy.