to misspeak
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- verb
- /ˌmɪsˈspiːk/
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equivocarse al hablar
- If you misspeak during a presentation, just correct yourself and move on without worry.
- I sometimes misspeak
- So you did misspeak
Once again, was it you just misspoke and said IVF, that you'd used IVF.
- Once again, was it you just misspoke and said IVF, that you'd used IVF.
- And I'll post a correction if we agree that I indeed misspoke or miscited something.
- So I misspoke on that from a standpoint of I don't really know.
- That he misspoke when he claimed he served in war, which he didn't.
- And I don't want to misspeak.
- They, the narcissistic person, waits for you to make the tiniest mistake or misstep or misspeak and bam, they are on you.
- Not that you misspoke, but I would never say what a real man is to somebody, OK.
- And why don't we assume he just misspoke and doesn't know the latest thing but doesn't hate black people?
- So beware, if you're making something up, we will Fact Check you and we will insert Fact Check and correction every time you misspeak.
- Botez live BOTEZLIVE Botez live and do you tweet And yes, Alexandra V Botez and and Instagram misspoke to us.
Examples
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Now what we're going to, what we're going to do, I realize now I misspoke when I said we're going to talk about Bentham on Friday, didn't I?
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And it could be something as subtle as a pilot misspeaking the destination.
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However, I did misspeak and meant to say the following:
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Why must they never question, never mess up, never misspeak?
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Did you just misspeak intentionally?
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Look, that happens; even presidents misspeak.
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Obviously, I misspoke and meant to say the son.
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The Obama campaign made it perfectly clear that Obama did not misspeak during the debate.
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When we have teens and 20-somethings working with us at an event and they misspeak, I correct them.
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Yes, we all misspeak in interviews and and speeches sometimes and what he said about McCain and so on.
Synonyms
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To hesitate or make a small mistake when speaking
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To be wrong in what you think or do
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6.2
To say or report something that is not correct
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4.4
To make a careless mistake by acting or speaking without thinking
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4.2
Do something that is a serious and embarrassing mistake
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To do something wrong by accident in a small, silly way
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5.6
To speak with small pauses and mistakes because you are nervous
To say something quickly and carelessly without thinking
Forget your lines or say them wrong during a performance
Antonyms
How Accurate
- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word misspeak starts with mis- meaning 'wrong', as in mistake, and ends with speak meaning 'say'. So to misspeak is to 'say something wrongly', which is why it means to say something incorrectly.