Misspelled

adj, verb

adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of misspell form-of, participle, past

    "Trump misspelled Xi’s first name as “Xinping” in the first version of his tweet about China but later corrected it."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not spelled correctly. not-comparable

    "The ransom letter contained many misspelled words."

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"Imogen of the Internet cannot look at a cat, even a dead one, without coming up with a blood-curdlingly saccharine, egregiously misspelled caption in 60-point white Impact."

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