mistranscribing
/ˌmɪstrænˈskraɪbɪŋ/
verb
- The act of copying or writing down something incorrectly.
- The translator was accused of mistranscribing the witness's statement.
- Mistranscribing the data led to a major accounting error.
- He kept mistranscribing the same address because his handwriting was messy.
Synonyms
adjective
- That is in the process of being copied or written down incorrectly.
- A mistranscribing program can create many problems in a database.
- The mistranscribing clerk did not notice the missing digits.
- The mistranscribing student handed in a garbled assignment.