miswordedadj.
/ˌmɪsˈwəːdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈwərdəd/ Expressed or worded incorrectly.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > [adjective] > wrongly expressed
misworded1836
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > [adjective] > incorrectly worded
misworded1836
1836 J. Baillie Match iii. iii. 472 A certain misworded testament, the defects of which, by the management of a clever attorney, might be turned to thine own advantage.
1883 Advance (Chicago) 16 Aug. A number of mis-worded telegrams.
1991 Re: Lynx's Future in rec.games.video (Usenet newsgroup) 19 Sept. Quartermann's ‘makes the old model obsolete’ phrase was just a misworded compliment to the new machine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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