mispaste en · VERB
Etymology
From mis- + paste.
Meanings
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To paste incorrectly.
An historian should not mispaste his memories.
1987, River Styx - Issues 21-24, page 10:One of the girls said later, "I had much trouble making this picture, mispasting the scraps, putting on too much paste, etc.
1951, School Arts - Volume 51, page 18:The result should be 170, assuming you didn't add spaces anywhere or mistype or mispaste the text.
2021, Nick Montfort, Exploratory Programming for the Arts and Humanities, page 129:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mispastes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| mispasting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| mispasted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| mispasted | Tense=Past | lexicographic |