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misaward

misaward verb: to award incorrectly or inappropriately.

Verb

misaward (third-person singular simple present misawards, present participle misawarding, simple past and past participle misawarded)

  1. To award incorrectly or inappropriately.

Forms of misaward

third-person singular presentmisawards
present participlemisawarding
past participlemisawarded
pastmisawarded

Origin of misaward

From mis- + award.

Questions about misaward

What does misaward mean?
Misaward means to award incorrectly or inappropriately.
What part of speech is misaward?
Misaward is a verb.
What is the past tense of misaward?
The past tense of misaward is misawarded.

Words near misaward in the dictionary

  1. misaventure
  2. misaventures
  3. misavise
  4. misavised
  5. misavising
  6. misaward
  7. misawarded
  8. misawarding
  9. misawards
  10. misawite
  11. misawites

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