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MISPRONUNCIATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mispronunciation mean?
• MISPRONUNCIATION (noun)
The noun MISPRONUNCIATION has 1 sense:
1. incorrect pronunciation
Familiarity information: MISPRONUNCIATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Incorrect pronunciation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mispronunciation" is a kind of...):
pronunciation (the manner in which someone utters a word)
Derivation:
mispronounce (pronounce a word incorrectly)
Context examples
"Swineburne," he repeated, with the same mispronunciation.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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