Home › Words › M › misownmisownmisown means to own, claim, or appropriate wrongly or amiss; fail to own; disown.EtymologyFrom mis- + own.verbTo own, claim, or appropriate wrongly or amiss; fail to own; disown.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.disown 66% match — To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own. vs misown →misattribute 59% match — To erroneously attribute; to falsely ascribe; used especially of authorship. vs misown →unauthorize 59% match — To disown the authority of; to repudiate. vs misown →appropriate 59% match — To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right. vs misown →arrogate 58% match — To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right. vs misown →unowned 58% match — Not owned; not having an owner. vs misown →misknow 58% match — to misunderstand vs misown →disownee 58% match — One who is disowned. vs misown →