Definition of "mispronounce" [mis•pro•nounce]

• To pronounce badly or incorrectly. (verb-transitive)
• To make a poor pronunciation. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Often people in Arabic mispronounce the word Qisas as "qasas" which has a different etymology."
• "Just please spare us your outrage when people of the other stupid party say stupid things about your stupid candidates (or mispronounce a word)."
• "Any parent knows the joy of hearing a child mispronounce a word."