Home › Words › M › misinheritancemisinheritancemisinheritance means incorrect inheritance (especially of characteristics).EtymologyFrom mis- + inheritance.nounIncorrect inheritance (especially of characteristics)Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.misinherit 87% match — To inherit incorrectly. vs misinheritance →noninheritance 70% match — Lack of inheritance; the state or condition of being noninherited. vs misinheritance →inheritedness 63% match — The state or quality of being inherited. vs misinheritance →disheritance 62% match — Synonym of disinheritance. vs misinheritance →disinherison 61% match — disherison vs misinheritance →uninherited 60% match — Not inherited. vs misinheritance →hereditariness 60% match — The property of being hereditary. vs misinheritance →unhereditary 60% match — Not hereditary. vs misinheritance →