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misanswered

misanswered is the simple past and past participle of misanswer.

Meaning of misanswer

Verb

misanswer (third-person singular simple present misanswers, present participle misanswering, simple past and past participle misanswered)

  1. (transitive) to answer badly, wrongly, or incorrectly
  2. (archaic, transitive) to answer scornfully or abusively
    • Also that no Fellow, within the lodge or without it, shall misanswer or reprove another, without cause.2013, John Yarker, The Arcane Schools

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Questions about misanswered

What is misanswered the simple past and past participle of?
Misanswered is the simple past and past participle of misanswer.

Words near misanswered in the dictionary

  1. misannotates
  2. misannotating
  3. misannotation
  4. misannotations
  5. misanswer
  6. misanswered
  7. misanswering
  8. misanswers
  9. misanthrope
  10. misanthropes
  11. misanthropia

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