Mishyphenate

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To hyphenate a word at an inappropriate point, especially one that is not between two syllables.

    "Good hyphenators strongly prefer Type II errors over Type I; they find fewer possibilities, but they rarely mishyphenate a word."

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"Good hyphenators strongly prefer Type II errors over Type I; they find fewer possibilities, but they rarely mishyphenate a word."

Etymology

From mis- + hyphenate.

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