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misassociate

misassociate verb: to have or create an incorrect or bad association.

Verb

misassociate (third-person singular simple present misassociates, present participle misassociating, simple past and past participle misassociated)

  1. To have or create an incorrect or bad association.
    • We tend to misassociate certain ideas with the East.

Forms of misassociate

third-person singular presentmisassociates
present participlemisassociating
past participlemisassociated
pastmisassociated

Origin of misassociate

From mis- + associate.

Questions about misassociate

What does misassociate mean?
Misassociate means to have or create an incorrect or bad association.
What part of speech is misassociate?
Misassociate is a verb.
What is the past tense of misassociate?
The past tense of misassociate is misassociated.

Words near misassociate in the dictionary

  1. misassigned
  2. misassigning
  3. misassignment
  4. misassignments
  5. misassigns
  6. misassociate
  7. misassociated
  8. misassociates
  9. misassociating
  10. misassociation
  11. misassociations

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