mispeg en · VERB
Etymology
From mis- + peg.
Meanings
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To incorrectly ascribe a value or attribute to.
In addition, the activism by youth of various colors is mispegged under a single ethnic label, Latino.
2000, Z Magazine - Volume 13, page 61:Those bureaucrats tended to mispeg Belanger as a flaming radical with a penchant for spitting into a headwind .
1990, Hank Nuwer, Broken Pledges: The Deadly Rite of Hazing, page 40:This imitation Dahomey trifle mispegged at two hundred francs at its debut, falls to forty, hovers at fifty and ends up in the hands of a souvenir bug.
1952, John Crowe Ransom, The Kenyon Review - Volume 14, page 143:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mispegging | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| mispegs | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| mispegged | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| mispegged | Tense=Past | lexicographic |