Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mistransaction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-trans-ac-tion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of mistransacting.

Uncountable

noun

A transaction that does not go well; an instance of mistransacting.

Countable

Example Sentences

"If they are going to be found, they can only be found if we shift our perspective from a two-sided conflict or engagement or relationship between press and government, between politician and reporter, and look at both of them in terms of the essential third party in mistransaction, which is the public ."
"There shan't be any mistransaction while I am in vogue."
"So far only one mistransaction has taken place out of the tens of thousands that have been made."
"If he's our man, we know he was done in by an inner thing, an internal mistransaction."
"By endorsement, failure, and other mistransactions, Mr. Hill became reduced in circumstances, and died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1845."

Etymology

From mis- + transaction.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Usage

Inflected Forms

mistransactions (plural)

Questions

What does mistransaction mean?: The process of mistransacting.
Where does mistransaction come from?: From mis- + transaction.

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