miscorrect

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ correct

Verb

miscorrect (third-person singular simple present miscorrects, present participle miscorrecting, simple past and past participle miscorrected)

  1. To correct erroneously; to make a mistake in attempting to correct another mistake.
    A proofreader that does not know foreign languages is likely to miscorrect Latin words.

References
  • “miscorrect” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Webster, 1828.
  • Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co.
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