misconvert en · VERB
Etymology
From mis- + convert.
Meanings
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(transitive) To convert incorrectly.
Of the fifteen station entries in the Cork-London double timetable, Fleming misconverted all five Irish times by making them twenty minutes ahead of Greenwich instead of twenty-five minutes behind[…]
2007, Ian R. Bartky, One time fits all: the campaigns for global uniformity, page 222:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| misconverting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| misconverted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| misconverted | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| misconverts | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |