adjective
- pronounced incorrectly
verb
- past tense and past participle of mispronounce; pronounced incorrectly
Examples
- The student’s name was mispronounced during graduation.
- She mispronounced several words during her presentation.
- The foreign city’s name is often mispronounced by tourists.
- He felt embarrassed when he realized he had mispronounced the word.
- The teacher corrected the mispronounced vocabulary words.
- Many English speakers have mispronounced that French phrase.
- The announcer mispronounced the athlete’s surname.