mistranspose

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English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ transpose.

Verb

mistranspose (third-person singular simple present mistransposes, present participle mistransposing, simple past and past participle mistransposed)

  1. To transpose by mistake.
    • 2003, USPTO Image File Wrapper Petition Decisions 0141:
      Respecting the alleged error of the mistranspose of inventors' name, the inventors are printed in accordance with the Declaration submitted at the time of filing the application.
    • 2017, Jerry C. Whitaker, Electronic Systems Maintenance Handbook, pages 3-19:
      Failure modes of the analyst are: the analyst omits (forgets) a specific user requirement, the analyst misunderstands (cognitive error) a specific user requirement, the analyst mistransposes (typographical error) a user requirement, the analyst fails to notice a conflict between two users' requirements (cognitive error).
    • 2020, Alison Patrick, The Memory and Processing Guide for Neurodiverse Learners, page 52:
      Alternatively, cognitive strengths might be disadvantaged by a literacy difficulty and an extremely numerate learner with dyslexia might mistranspose questions and answers, losing marks for a subject in which they should have excelled.