verb
- to pronounce (a word or sound) incorrectly
Examples
- Many people mispronounce her last name.
- He tends to mispronounce foreign words.
- The student mispronounced several words during the presentation.
- Don’t worry if you mispronounce it at first.
- She was embarrassed when she mispronounced the guest’s name.
- The actor had to practice so he wouldn’t mispronounce the character’s lines.