Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misalter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-alter
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make a change that leaves (something) worse than before.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"These are all, besides those which I fore-specified, which have so "misaltered" the liturgy, that it can no more be known to be itself than the strangely-disguised dames which were mentioned in doctor Hall's reproof."
"The tailors were busily at work for the men ; fitting and misfitting, altering and misaltering, and making clothes in every possible way except the right one, for right the clothes of man will never be so long as ever they are intended to fit."
"A misaltered line is one not altered correctly."

Etymology

From mis- + alter.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

misalters (present, singular) misaltering (participle, present) misaltered (participle, past) misaltered (past)

Questions

What does misalter mean?: To make a change that leaves (something) worse than before.
Where does misalter come from?: From mis- + alter.

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