Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mismessaging

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mismes-sag-ing
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of sending mismessages.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Anyone linking Jesus to business is in danger, at first glance, of contributing to the same mismessaging that caused him to overturn the money-changers tables in the temple."
"Specifically, the chapter examines the role of drug users in the Brazilian epidemic, the current state of prevention and treatment initiatives targetted to this population, and the nature of HIV testing available to drug users, especially oral HIV testing, and presents suggestive findings from a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded multimethod study of mismessaging in oral HIV testing among drug users in Rio de Janeiro that have direct implications for HIV prevention in Brazil."
"Pressures tend to rely heavily on messaging as well as mismessaging."

Etymology

From mis- + messaging.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does mismessaging mean?: The process of sending mismessages.
Where does mismessaging come from?: From mis- + messaging.

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