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third-person singular simple present miswrites, present participle miswriting, simple past miswrote, past participle miswritten
(transitive) To write incorrectly. quotations examples
[…] but we lose ever and anon a word, or a verse, and substitute something of our own, and thus miswrite the poem.
1844, Ralph Waldo Emerson, quoted in Perspectives in American Literature by Paul P. Reuben
plural miswrites
(computing) A failed write operation. quotations examples
Line fluctuations can cause misreads and miswrites.
1983, Lawrence Calmus, The business guide to small computers, page 143