Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misnumerate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-nu-mer-ate
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To numerate incorrectly; to misnumber.

Example Sentences

"Ff. 127 and 128 are also misplaced, but not misnumerated."
"It appears vegetative types and sub-types are misnumerated and confusing."
"If participants were incorrect either because they couldn't remember correctly the last numerlog counted because they misnumerated, the experimenter suggested: " Would you try that again?""
"Because those who are undercounted, overcounted, or misnumerated may not be included in these estimates, it is difficult to ascertain the number of males to females."

Etymology

From mis- + numerate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misnumerates (present, singular) misnumerating (participle, present) misnumerated (participle, past) misnumerated (past)

Questions

What does misnumerate mean?: To numerate incorrectly; to misnumber.
Where does misnumerate come from?: From mis- + numerate.

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