Miscoinage

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bad or wrong coinage.

    "Considering the fact that English is commonly used by non-native speakers the occurrence of such miscoinages is remarkably low."

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"Considering the fact that English is commonly used by non-native speakers the occurrence of such miscoinages is remarkably low."

Etymology

From mis- + coinage.

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