Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misregard

/ˌmɪsɹɪˈɡɑɹd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-re-gard
IPA: /ˌmɪsɹɪˈɡɑɹd/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Wrong understanding; misconstruction.

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Disregard; failure to heed or consider; contempt; neglect.

Uncountable

verb

To disregard; fail to heed; ignore; neglect.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Here well I weene , whenas these rimes be red With misregard"
"As to the duke's misregard of her offer, they did remit the truth of that to the report of the persons employed by herself."
"[…] poem does a turnabout as the narrator justifies that "misregard" by telling the golden-age story from the Censor's standpoint: […]"
"To misregard the Word is in the account of Paul, to misregard ones own Salvation, he does not prise his own Soul, as he should do: […]"
"[…] yet such being their resolution, that in they would, and be worshipful upon any terms, they misregarded all formerly-used steps of promotion, accounting them but unnecessary, and most rudely rushing into the very sanctuary, they immediately hung out the orange colours to testifie their conquest of the honour of knights-baronet."
"Both minister and session were 'highly offended that he should have so far misregarded his pastor and provoked him to ire.'"

Etymology

From mis- + regard.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌmɪsɹɪˈɡɑɹd/
British English: /ˌmɪsɹɪˈɡɑːd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

misregards (present, singular) misregarding (participle, present) misregarded (participle, past) misregarded (past)

Derived Forms

misregardful misregarder

Synonyms

misheed ignore

Rhymes With

hard card guard yard regard filter card sd card barred gerard disregard discard retard

Questions

How do you pronounce misregard?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmɪsɹɪˈɡɑɹd/.
What does misregard mean?: Wrong understanding; misconstruction.
Where does misregard come from?: From mis- + regard.

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