mis-speak

mis·speak

[mis-speek]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), mis·spoke, mis·spok·en, mis·speak·ing.
1.
to speak, utter, or pronounce incorrectly.
2.
to speak inaccurately, inappropriately, or too hastily.

Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English misspeken; see mis-1, speak; compare Old English missprecan to murmur

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misspeak

verb
pronounce a word incorrectly; "She mispronounces many Latinate words" [syn: mispronounce
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