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- adjective Describing something said wrongly.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
mispronounce .
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Examples
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He blew up when he heard his name mispronounced that way.
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To hear his name mispronounced might, he felt, precipitate a catastrophe.
The Far Horizon Lucas Malet 1891
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The new Louis with his Court is rolling towards Choisy, through the summer afternoon: the royal tears still flow; but a word mispronounced by Monseigneur d'Artois sets them all laughing, and they weep no more.
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Having had his name mispronounced all his life, he adopted the name of Forsythe, which came from his mother's family.
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Having had his name mispronounced all his life, he adopted the name of Forsythe, which came from his mother's family.
Freep.com - RSS 2010
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Having had his name mispronounced all his life, he adopted the name of Forsythe, which came from his mother's family. talkback
TODAYonline 2010
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Having had his name mispronounced all his life, he adopted the name of Forsythe, which came from his mother's family.
Politics BOB THOMAS 2010
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Having had his name mispronounced all his life, he adopted the name of Forsythe, which came from his mother's family.
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Having had his name mispronounced all his life, he adopted the name of Forsythe, which came from his mother's family.
Politics BOB THOMAS 2010
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Having had his name mispronounced all his life, he adopted the name of Forsythe, which came from his mother's family.
hernesheir commented on the word mispronounced
Don't be caught mispronouncing mispronounce.
March 10, 2011
mollusque commented on the word mispronounced
I can't find my pronouns.
March 10, 2011