Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misperformance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-per-for-mance
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

incorrect performance

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The apraxic-agnosic patient may make errors of action or cognition, but he is not driven into misperformance or miscognition through being the subject of violent deforming forces[…]"

Etymology

From mis- + performance.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Usage

Inflected Forms

misperformances (plural)

Questions

What does misperformance mean?: incorrect performance
Where does misperformance come from?: From mis- + performance.

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