misrender

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ render.

Verb

misrender (third-person singular simple present misrenders, present participle misrendering, simple past and past participle misrendered)

1. (transitive) To render incorrectly.
   • 2009 June 26, Matthew L. Wald, “6 Considered Threats Kept Licenses for Aviation”, in New York Times‎:

     And the F.A.A. database also misrenders names of some Latin Americans, he said, taking a final name —— the name of the mother’s family, the use of which is optional —— and entering it in the field for what Americans colloquially refer to as the “last name.”

Anagrams

• reminders, rereminds