Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misshade

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-shade
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shade improperly.

Example Sentences

"Two days later when he was being discharged, Adams handed Borden a termination slip stating that he was being discharged for misshading."
"Then, with his emergently famous precision, he enumerated the flaws Bridges had made when he copied the map. […] Rocks too far north and of the wrong size. Hills misplaced, misshaded. Rivers too close together."
"The secretary of the interior has misstated and/or misshaded a few facts in the paragraph just quoted."

Etymology

From mis- + shade.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misshades (present, singular) misshading (participle, present) misshaded (participle, past) misshaded (past)

Questions

What does misshade mean?: To shade improperly.
Where does misshade come from?: From mis- + shade.

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