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English
Etymology
From mis- + print.
Pronunciation
Noun
misprint (plural misprints)
- An accidental mistake in print.
- When I wrote to you saying "You're going to catch a cod if you spend all night fishing", there was a misprint. I meant to say "You're going to catch a cold."
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Translations
an accidental mistake in print
Verb
misprint (third-person singular simple present misprints, present participle misprinting, simple past and past participle misprinted)
- To make a misprint.
I misprinted his name on the invitation. He's called James, not Jambes.
1961 October, “Motive Power Miscellany: Scottish Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 638:[...] the northbound trains involved are the 8.15 a.m. (not p.m. as misprinted last month) and 10.15 a.m. from Buchanan Street - [...].
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