misspeak

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Pronunciation

/mɪsˈspiːk/ (UK)

Definition of misspeak

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(US, ambitransitive)To fail to pronounce, utter, or speak correctly.

“Either I misspoke or you misheard.”
“The president’s comments on Wednesday came after Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, the chamber’s only Black Republican, said that “white supremacy should be denounced at every turn. I think he misspoke, I think he should correct it. If he doesn’t correct it I guess he didn’t misspeak.””
“In July, both Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves appeared to contradict the commitment to public ownership - but then subsequently said they had misspoken.”

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verb

(US, ambitransitive)To fail to pronounce, utter, or speak correctly.

“Either I misspoke or you misheard.”
“The president’s comments on Wednesday came after Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, the chamber’s only Black Republican, said that “white supremacy should be denounced at every turn. I think he misspoke, I think he should correct it. If he doesn’t correct it I guess he didn’t misspeak.””
“In July, both Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves appeared to contradict the commitment to public ownership - but then subsequently said they had misspoken.”
(intransitive, obsolete)To speak insultingly or disrespectfully.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Middle English misspeken, mispeken, mysspeken, from Old English *misspecan, missprecan (“to murmur”), equivalent to mis- + speak.

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