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to misdate

to misdate

1 8.6
To put the wrong day, month or year on something
  • verb
  • /ˌmɪsˈdeɪt/
: fechar incorrectamente
  • Mastny at least has something to say about Stalin and the pact with Hitler, which he nonetheless embarrassingly misdates, but mentions nothing of Stalin's alleged earlier war plans.

Examples

  • Standing at the lectern, he angrily dismissed claims that it was a modern forgery, misdated, or even written by two people.

    Academic text (2003)

  • That means either you're lying, or these are misdated.

    Conspiracy (2008)

  • Apparently, I misdated a note excusing you from classes - last week.

    On the Basis of Sex (2018)

  • Um, I think one of the following paragraphs is either out of order or misdated:

    Blog text (4)

  • " Nor let the historian blame the poet here, if he perchance misdates the day or year."

    Academic text (2011)

  • The disturbing part of the documentation of Sandy is the doctored and misdated photography.

    Blog text (9)

  • By misdating archival documents or attributing them to the wrong persons, he had made it virtually impossible to find his sources.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Nor do we often seriously reflect on the historical origin of the pair (which is generally grossly misdated) or study the implications of that origination.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Bryant Wood believes that Kenyon misdated the pottery at Jericho, resulting in a wrong destruction date.

    Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus (2015)

  • I accidentally misdated my report, which caused confusion about the deadlines.

How Accurate

to date
269 1.0
to misdate
1 8.6

Surface Forms

misdate infinitive
misdated past
misdated past participle
misdating present participle
misdates third person singular

Morphology

misdate = date (transparent) = mis + date

The prefix 'mis-' clearly indicates an incorrect action applied to the verb 'date'.

Etymology

The word misdate is made of the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and the word date meaning 'a day or time', so to misdate something is to give it the wrong date.