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misbought

misbought is the simple past and past participle of misbuy.

Meaning of misbuy

Verb

misbuy (third-person singular simple present misbuys, present participle misbuying, simple past and past participle misbought)

  1. (transitive) To buy in error or regretfully.
    • We are giving special attention to the wants of Canadian misbuying Manitoba wheat and other grains.1918, The Northwestern Miller, volume 113, page 995

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Questions about misbought

What is misbought the simple past and past participle of?
Misbought is the simple past and past participle of misbuy.

Words near misbought in the dictionary

  1. misboding
  2. misbodings
  3. misbore
  4. misborn
  5. misborne
  6. misbought
  7. misbound
  8. misbox
  9. misboxed
  10. misboxes
  11. misboxing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misbought (page history and authors); misbuy (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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