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Verb: misspeak (misspoke,misspoken)  mis'speek
  1. Say something incorrectly, inaccurately, or unclearly, often unintentionally
    "The politician had to apologize after misspeaking about the new policy"
     
  2. [rare] Pronounce a word incorrectly
    "She misspeaks many Latinate words";
    - mispronounce

Derived forms: misspoken, misspeaking, misspeaks, misspoke

Type of: articulate, enounce [archaic], enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out