Meaning

1 senses

  1. To express incorrectly.

    I misexpressed myself when I said I didn't want to see you. I only meant that I was temporarily busy.

Origin

From mis- + express.

From mis- + express.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

misexpresses, misexpressing, misexpressed, misexpressed
Base formmisexpress · to misexpress
3rd person singularmisexpresses
Present participlemisexpressing
Past simplemisexpressed
Past participlemisexpressed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymisexpress
he, she, itmisexpresses

Past simpleLesson

all personsmisexpressed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave misexpressed
he, she, ithas misexpressed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill misexpress

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmisexpression

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
miserableB1miserablymiserlymiseryB1misfiremisfit

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

misexpress — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto