mishyphenate

Etymology

From mis- + hyphenate.

mishyphenate means To hyphenate a word at an inappropriate point, especially one that is not between two syllables. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

verb

To hyphenate a word at an inappropriate point, especially one that is not between two syllables.“Good hyphenators strongly prefer Type II errors over Type I; they find fewer possibilities, but they rarely mishyphenate a word.”