Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misprosecute

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-pros-e-cute
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To prosecute badly or ineptly.

Example Sentences

"[…] there is a resonable basis to question that Cannada has deliberately and fraudulently misinvestigated or misprosecuted allegations with the aim of shielding a suspected war criminal;"
"Child-abuse scandals are prosecuted and misprosecuted with almost Salem-witch-trial fervor."
"Bucky the Beater, who'd made a career out of misprosecuting gangsters, finally hitting one because the jerk confessed—at least he hadn't fucked that one up."

Etymology

From mis- + prosecute.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misprosecutes (present, singular) misprosecuting (participle, present) misprosecuted (participle, past) misprosecuted (past)

Questions

What does misprosecute mean?: To prosecute badly or ineptly.
Where does misprosecute come from?: From mis- + prosecute.

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