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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) To mean or intend wrongly; mistake the meaning of; misinterpret..
If we ever misstate the facts it is, alas, because sometimes we mismean the proposition that we utter.
To mismean is not to mean; to mismean is to honor a meaning glimpsed but unmeant.
Use mismean when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mismean means (transitive) To mean or intend wrongly; mistake the meaning of; misinterpret..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
If we ever misstate the facts it is, alas, because sometimes we mismean the proposition that we utter.
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