mispronounce
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Yet audience members would gladly correct any comic who’d assume the restaurant was Mexican, or mispronounce the word “pupusas,” as Battle sheepishly recalled during his own set.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025
We all stumble over and mispronounce words occasionally.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2024
The findings also suggest that when listening to children, adult listeners incorporate expectations of how children commonly mispronounce words, such as "weed" for "read."
From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2023
“And the cheer for Musl— we cheer for Muslim athletes, like Kareem Al-J—Al-J— Abdul-Jabbar. I know him and I did mispronounce his name.”
From Washington Times • May 3, 2023
It was possible that Grandpa’s southern accent and his illiteracy made him mispronounce his own name.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
Vocabulary lists containing mispronounce
Selection Vocabulary 2, Unit 3
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for May 18–May 24, 2024
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noun, nunc (declare)
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