to mispronounce
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3.7
- verb
- /ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊns/
- A lot of people mispronounce it, but it sounds just the way it's spelled.
- mispronounce words
- mispronounce names
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Watch on YouTubeYou know, certain words can be mispronounced or things can be said the wrong way.
- You know, certain words can be mispronounced or things can be said the wrong way.
- He like, he like mispronounced the player's name.
- I had somebody go after me for mispronouncing her name.
- I mean, it's so mispronounced that you would burst out laughing probably.
- For example, does he stumble over words, hesitate, mispronounce, omit or add words as he reads?
- Words were mispronounced, substituted, or often omitted entirely.
- You know, you know, I, I heard this one, you know, progressive newspaper line about sort of Asians being very upset that their names were mispronounced.
- For example, the, the ancient Greeks had this word potos, which I may be mispronouncing, but it's POTHOS.
- And I've just listened to her mispronounced Greece as Greece.
- He didn't mispronounce my name then that that moment.
- It is illegal to mispronounce Arkansas.
- He was implying I, I, I mispronounced his name.
- A name will be hearing and mispronouncing again.
Examples
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I've heard this guy mispronounce more words than I care to explain.
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I often mispronounce difficult words when I'm reading out loud in class.
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But there is a whole generation out there who mispronounce your name.
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I had somebody go after me for mispronouncing her name.
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You know, certain words can be mispronounced or things can be said the wrong way.
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"My name is --" he finally said, but he was so nervous he mispronounced it.
Fiction book (2000) -
I'm afraid you are mispronouncing your name, Sir.
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Some researchers have found that poor readers often mispronounce new words (Miles, 1983).
Academic text (1993) -
It is illegal to mispronounce Arkansas.
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I passed up so many teachable moments with my students because I didn't want to mispronounce their names.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
To say a word or sound incorrectly so people cannot understand it
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Mispronounce is made of mis- ('wrong') and pronounce ('to say'), and pronounce is like announce ('to tell'). So mispronounce means to say a word the wrong way.