I misworded my offer: I meant help, not rescue.
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Misword
/ˌmɪsˈwɜːd/
Synonyms for "misword" (21 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (6)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (10)
Noun(10 words)
misphrasingmisquotemisstatemisstatementmiswordingmuddyobscureunclear wordingvague expressionwording error
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11 entriescommunicateediting errorexpress verballylinguistic ambiguitylinguistic errorphrasingquoterestatesemantic ambiguityterminology mistakewording
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14 entriesambiguous phrasingambiguous termambiguous wordingcontext dependent termdistort quotedouble meaning termdrafting miswordinginaccurate termmisquotesloppy wordingtranslation miswordingunclear phrasingvague phrasingwrong wording
Collocations
11 entriesambiguous termambiguous wordingfaulty wordingincorrect termmisword a clausemisword a sentencemisword the instructionmisworded statementmiswordingmiswording the policywording error
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
He then came down, took away his ladder, not a misword said to him, and by whose order it was done was not then known.
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And, as for yourself, Master Matthew, why I 've known you these fifty years, and never heard man, woman, or child speak a misword of you in my life.
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A woman who used to work in my house told me that she 'never 'ad a misword with her 'usband.'
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