miscorrect

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English

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Etymology

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From mis- +‎ correct.

Verb

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miscorrect (third-person singular simple present miscorrects, present participle miscorrecting, simple past and past participle miscorrected)

  1. To correct erroneously; to make a mistake in attempting to correct another mistake.
    A proofreader that does not know foreign languages is likely to miscorrect Latin words.

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