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misprize

[mis-prahyz] / mɪsˈpraɪz /




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They misrepresent the U. S. at Oxford and misprize it at home.

From Time Magazine Archive

It has become something of the mode to misprize Galsworthy.

From Time Magazine Archive

People are too apt to misprize this sort of politeness of mere habit; yet, as far as it goes, it is an excellent thing.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various

But of course she wasn't; youth will ever misprize till it must mourn its blessings.

From Nobody by Jacobs, W. L.

Yet I would not misprize the cats of Seville, which apparently have their money price.

From Familiar Spanish Travels by Howells, William Dean