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mis-sold

mis-sold is the simple past and past participle of mis-sell.

Meaning of mis-sell

Verb

mis-sell (third-person singular simple present mis-sells, present participle mis-selling, simple past and past participle mis-sold)

  1. (UK) To sell misleadingly, fraudulently, or in violation of laws or regulations.
    • The firm is defending itself against fresh allegations of mis-selling pensions.

Forms of mis-sold

alternative formmissold

Questions about mis-sold

What is mis-sold the simple past and past participle of?
Mis-sold is the simple past and past participle of mis-sell.

Words near mis-sold in the dictionary

  1. mis-shunt
  2. mis-shunts
  3. mis-sing
  4. mis-singing
  5. mis-sings
  6. mis-sold
  7. mis-spell
  8. mis-spelled
  9. mis-spelling
  10. mis-spellings
  11. mis-spells

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mis-sold (page history and authors); mis-sell (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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