Misexpress

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To express incorrectly. transitive

    "I misexpressed myself when I said I didn't want to see you. I only meant that I was temporarily busy."

Example

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"I misexpressed myself when I said I didn't want to see you. I only meant that I was temporarily busy."

Etymology

From mis- + express.

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