Meaning

1 senses
  1. To hyphenate a word at an inappropriate point, especially one that is not between two syllables.

Origin

From mis- + hyphenate.

From mis- + hyphenate.

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Forms

mishyphenates, mishyphenating, mishyphenated, mishyphenated
Base formmishyphenate · to mishyphenate
3rd person singularmishyphenates
Present participlemishyphenating
Past simplemishyphenated
Past participlemishyphenated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymishyphenate
he, she, itmishyphenates

Past simpleLesson

all personsmishyphenated

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mishyphenate

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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