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Definition of misassign

misassign

/ˌmɪsəˈsaɪn/
mis · as · sign
Adjective:misassigned
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Past Simple:misassigned
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Past Participle:misassigned
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Present Participle:misassigning
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misassign Lexical Profile

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• verb

1

To assign, allocate, or designate (someone or something) wrongly, improperly, or in error.

Example

"A software glitch caused the registration system to misassign dozens of incoming students to advanced seminar courses."

2

To attribute or ascribe (a cause, characteristic, authorship, or classification) to the wrong source or category.

Example

"Without careful carbon dating, archaeologists might easily misassign the pottery fragments to a much later historical period."

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• Rhymes for misassign

• Nearby Words

misappropriate
misappropriation
misarticulation
misassign
misassumption
misbalance
misbehave

Usage Trend

Historical frequency of usage in published text.

180019102020
Data source: Google Books Ngram Viewer

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Misassign. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/misassign
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