misrecall en · VERB
Etymology
From mis- + recall.
Meanings
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(transitive) To recall incorrectly.
That was the same slogan that Vice President Dan Quayle famously misrecalled in 1989 when he said, “What a waste it is to lose one’s mind.”
2009 August 2, Jack Rosenthal, “A Terrible Thing to Waste”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| misrecalling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| misrecalls | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| misrecalled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| misrecalled | Tense=Past | lexicographic |