Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misgeneralise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-gen-er-alise
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of misgeneralize.

Example Sentences

"Informal techniques, if properly written, can be quite readable and comprehensible; unfortunately, it is easy to leave unsaid details that must be specified, or to misgeneralise and produce inconsistencies."
"If presence of de in nominal dislocates is indeed evidence of previous split Case licensing, the child will be led to assume its presence in the target language and may possibly misgeneralise it to other cases."

Etymology

From mis- + generalise.

Inflected Forms

misgeneralises (present, singular) misgeneralising (participle, present) misgeneralised (participle, past) misgeneralised (past)

Questions

What does misgeneralise mean?: Alternative form of misgeneralize.
Where does misgeneralise come from?: From mis- + generalise.

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