Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misnest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: misnest
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To err when nesting one item or set of items within another.

Example Sentences

"dUTIL can assist in the location of certain types of logic errors, primarily those involving misnesting of logical constructs or missing symbols."
"In this case, the problem is easily solved by the same parentheses that ought to be used to prevent misnesting of arithmetic operations."
"Are there tags in places where they're not allowed? Have you tried to misnest tags anywhere ?"
"Improper use can cause misnesting, operator precedence problems, duplication of side effects, and other problems."

Etymology

From mis- + nest.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misnests (present, singular) misnesting (participle, present) misnested (participle, past) misnested (past)

Questions

What does misnest mean?: To err when nesting one item or set of items within another.
Where does misnest come from?: From mis- + nest.

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