Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

missuppose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-sup-pose
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To suppose incorrectly.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"There was, indeed, another Boort, or Bors, afterwards king of Benoic; but the translator has evidently missupposed Ban-Boozt to be the name of one king, and Bos that of the other."
"The circumstances complained of by the SEC are best controlled by the confluence of the competitive forces of the marketplace rather than by an agency that missupposes the mutual fund industry as being like a public utility."

Etymology

From mis- + suppose.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

missupposes (present, singular) missupposing (participle, present) missupposed (participle, past) missupposed (past)

Questions

What does missuppose mean?: To suppose incorrectly.
Where does missuppose come from?: From mis- + suppose.

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