Misgroup

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To group wrongly. transitive

    "Consequently, the burden of grouping the syllables into words falls entirely on the reader, and it is very common for beginners to misgroup the syllables and create horrendous translations […]"

Example

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"Consequently, the burden of grouping the syllables into words falls entirely on the reader, and it is very common for beginners to misgroup the syllables and create horrendous translations […]"

Etymology

From mis- + group.

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