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misbuilt

misbuilt is the simple past and past participle of misbuild.

Meaning of misbuild

Verb

misbuild (third-person singular simple present misbuilds, present participle misbuilding, simple past and past participle misbuilt)

  1. (transitive) To build wrongly or badly.
    • With a violent effort of packing and scheming (e.g., a box of books with cross-bars in it, and shelves which were to be put in, and make the box a press, &c. &c.), in all which Larkin and Maggie Welsh assisted diligently, I got down to Marina on one of the first days of May [Sat., 14 May]. Dreary...1864, Thomas Carlyle, [Letter to Joseph Neuberg⁠] [Letter 283], volume 40, Carlyle Letters Online
    Synonyms:
    misconstruct

Questions about misbuilt

What is misbuilt the simple past and past participle of?
Misbuilt is the simple past and past participle of misbuild.

Words near misbuilt in the dictionary

  1. misbudgeting
  2. misbudgets
  3. misbuild
  4. misbuilding
  5. misbuilds
  6. misbuilt
  7. misbutton
  8. misbuttoned
  9. misbuttoning
  10. misbuttons
  11. misbuy

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