noun
- incorrect or inaccurate citations or references
Usage: formal; academic
Examples
- The research paper was rejected due to numerous miscitations of primary sources.
- Academic integrity requires avoiding miscitations in scholarly work.
- The professor pointed out several miscitations in the student’s bibliography.
- Fact-checkers identified multiple miscitations in the controversial article.
- The journal’s editorial board screens submissions for miscitations before publication.
- Legal briefs with miscitations can undermine a lawyer’s credibility in court.