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cross-wired

cross-wired adjective: having its/one's wires crossed; confused.

Adjective

cross-wired (comparative more cross-wired, superlative most cross-wired)

  1. Having its/one's wires crossed; confused.
    • A mishmash of cross-wired gender signifiers that suggests little more than the artist's confusion about her subject matter.2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 42

Forms of cross-wired

comparativemore cross-wired
superlativemost cross-wired

Questions about cross-wired

What does cross-wired mean?
Cross-wired means having its/one's wires crossed; confused.
What part of speech is cross-wired?
Cross-wired is an adjective.

Words near cross-wired in the dictionary

  1. cross-votes
  2. cross-voting
  3. cross-wedge
  4. cross-wing
  5. cross-wings
  6. cross-wired
  7. cross-wires
  8. cross-wiring
  9. cross-wise
  10. Cross-worshipper
  11. Cross-worshippers

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