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misalign

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables
mis-align
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To align incorrectly

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English align English misalign From mis- + align.

Inflected Forms

misaligns (present, singular) misaligning (participle, present) misaligned (participle, past) misaligned (past)

Derived Forms

misaligner

Synonyms

dealign

Questions

What does misalign mean?
To align incorrectly
Where does misalign come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English align English misalign From mis- + align.

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