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misbuttoning

misbuttoning is the present participle and gerund of misbutton.

Meaning of misbutton

Verb

misbutton (third-person singular simple present misbuttons, present participle misbuttoning, simple past and past participle misbuttoned)

  1. (transitive) To button wrongly.
    • I misbuttoned my shirt.

Questions about misbuttoning

What is misbuttoning the present participle and gerund of?
Misbuttoning is the present participle and gerund of misbutton.

Words near misbuttoning in the dictionary

  1. misbuilding
  2. misbuilds
  3. misbuilt
  4. misbutton
  5. misbuttoned
  6. misbuttoning
  7. misbuttons
  8. misbuy
  9. misbuying
  10. misbuys
  11. misc

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misbuttoning (page history and authors); misbutton (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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