Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mispublicize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-pub-li-cize
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To publicize in a misleading, biased, or inaccurate manner.

Example Sentences

"The whole problem of cosmetic surgery has in the past had a rather unfavorable light cast upon it because it has been misused and mispublicized."
"Without careful assessment of impact and modification of communications, it is quite possible through mass media to mispublicize or overpublicize."
"It's quite true that Korea has been mispublicized in the United States especially."
"At the school board's September 19 meeting, James Detwiler claimed that the board's 1954 decision to no longer contribute to the Jeanes Library has been “mispublicized” all these years. It had nothing to do with Knowles's refusual to sign a Loyalty Oath, he said, not at all."

Etymology

From mis- + publicize.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

mispublicizes (present, singular) mispublicizing (participle, present) mispublicized (participle, past) mispublicized (past)

Questions

What does mispublicize mean?: To publicize in a misleading, biased, or inaccurate manner.
Where does mispublicize come from?: From mis- + publicize.

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