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miscopying

/ˌmɪsˈkɑpiɪŋ/
noun
  1. An instance of copying something incorrectly.
    • The teacher noticed a miscopying of the math problem on the student's homework.
    • A single miscopying of the address caused the package to be delivered to the wrong house.
    • The report was full of miscopyings from the original document.
verb
  1. To copy something incorrectly.
    • If you miscopy the data, the entire spreadsheet will be wrong.
    • Be careful not to miscopy the phone number from the website.
    • She realized she had miscopied the recipe when the cake didn't rise.
Synonyms
miswritemisrecord
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