Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To mark wrongly; err in noting or marking.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To mark wrongly.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To mark incorrectly; err in noting or marking.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From mis- +‎ mark.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word mismark.

Examples

  • Somewhat later I declared that anyone who disclosed a potential negative mismark would collect 5 percent of the buried loss.

    The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns Alan C. Greenberg 2010

  • Somewhat later I declared that anyone who disclosed a potential negative mismark would collect 5 percent of the buried loss.

    The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns Alan C. Greenberg 2010

  • According to the FSA, Mr. Piper alleged he was pressured to mismark his positions and claimed the value of his mismarking was at least $77.75 million, not $120 million reported by Morgan Stanley.

    British Regulator Fines Morgan Stanley, Trader 2009

  • Did it happen to be scantron or something so one mismark could result in every answer after being wrong?

    In which I fantasize. Angry Professor 2006

  • Basically, conclude the authors, funds that "are less likely to get caught" and "that inform their investors more frequently" tend to mismark their positions more.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • Basically, conclude the authors, funds that "are less likely to get caught" and "that inform their investors more frequently" tend to mismark their positions more.

    US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha 2010

  • While it may mismark your comment now, in a few weeks it may know that your comment is fine.

    Lawrence.com Blogs 2010

  • Basically, conclude the authors, funds that "are less likely to get caught" and "that inform their investors more frequently" tend to mismark their positions more.

    US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha 2010

  • Basically, conclude the authors, funds that "are less likely to get caught" and "that inform their investors more frequently" tend to mismark their positions more.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • Some voters stated that they would purposefully mismark their ballot in protest while others reported that they would boycott the election entirely.

    unknown title 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.