Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misaccount

/mɪsəˈkaʊnt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-ac-count
IPA: /mɪsəˈkaʊnt/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to account badly, wrongfully, or in error

Transitive verb

noun

A bad or wrong account; an incorrect narrative.

Example Sentences

"[…] having transpired in the village previous to the still more remarkable event which had struck dismay into the hearts of young and old, the journey was instantly attributed by those idle talkers who love nothing better than to misaccount for the movements and motives of their neighbours, […]"
"Oakley shows how a misaccount arises from “masculine ambivalence" about birth, which obstructs women from producing new accounts."

Etymology

From Middle English misaccounten, equivalent to mis- + account.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis
Root: misaccounten

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

misaccounts (present, singular) misaccounting (participle, present) misaccounted (participle, past) misaccounted (past) misaccounts (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce misaccount?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɪsəˈkaʊnt/.
What does misaccount mean?: to account badly, wrongfully, or in error
Where does misaccount come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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