Verb: misspeak (misspoke,misspoken) mis'speek
- Say something incorrectly, inaccurately, or unclearly, often unintentionally
"The politician had to apologize after misspeaking about the new policy"
- [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