misutter

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ utter.

Verb

misutter (third-person singular simple present misutters, present participle misuttering, simple past and past participle misuttered)

1. To utter incorrectly; to garble.
   • 1883, Meeds Tuthill, The Civil Polity of the United States Considered in Its Theory and Practice, page 240:

     And if any mishear or misutter it, even that also serves, since it warns.

   • 1979, Elisabeth Tooker, Native North American Spirituality of the Eastern Woodlands, page 194:

     And this Spirit of Fire does not misutter our prayers to those whom we worship.

   • 2022, D. T. Kane, The Acktus Trials:

     It won't be my mouth that burns if I misutter the Words.