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Davefromthefreeway Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

misprioritize

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00use it in a sentence but I am not sure if it is officially a word. 00 0-
  

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0 Never seen it, and the dictionaries don't recognize it. 0-

  • 0 Never seen it, and the dictionaries don't recognize it.
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0 Never seen it, and the dictionaries don't recognize it. Can you give fuller context for possible suggestions?0-
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01cite10Davefromthefreeway12cite10Is "misprioritize" a word? I wanted to use it in a sentence but I am not sure if it is officially a word. 12blockquote
11b01font00The word is immediately recognizable and understood. I think you want "mistakenly/ poorly/ erroneously prioritized".02
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0Philip, you said that better than I was going to. As you say, it's immediately clear what is meant. 02br
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00If we can see the original sentence as you had thought about using it, we can perhaps suggest the best alternative.0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Philip, 10you said that better than I was going to10. As you say, it's immediately clear what is meant. 12br
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10If we can see the original sentence as you had thought about using it, we can perhaps suggest the best alternative.12br
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0 too many to count, my dear, too many to count. 0-
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While I have seen it used as a word, I have only seen it hyphenated.

I too am curious as to if is or if it may be considered proper to use.

I have a specific example below of the word " mis-prioritize (or) misprioritize".

Example: (Text taken from a numbered, medical diagnostic questionnaire)

5) Often, people with a

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