misstress

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mis- +‎ stress

Verb[edit]

misstress (third-person singular simple present misstresses, present participle misstressing, simple past and past participle misstressed)

  1. To stress incorrectly.
    a misstressed syllable

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