mispunctuate

[ mis-puhngk-choo-eyt ]

verb (used with object)

, mis·punc·tu·at·ed, mis·punc·tu·at·ing.

1. to punctuate incorrectly.

Other Words From

• mis·punctu·ation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of mispunctuate¹

First recorded in 1840–50; mis- ¹ + punctuate

Example Sentences

Mispunctuate, mis-pungk′tū-āt, v.t. and v.i. to punctuate wrongly.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

All editors, misled no doubt by 37, mispunctuate this passage, placing a comma before quorum instead of after: this destroys the gerundive quorum ... appellandorum, leaving the pentameter without a construction.

From Project Gutenberg