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mischunk

mischunk verb: to chunk incorrectly.

Verb

mischunk (third-person singular simple present mischunks, present participle mischunking, simple past and past participle mischunked)

  1. To chunk incorrectly.
    • We will present a number of examples suggesting this type of 'mischunking' below.1993, Robert Schreuder, Bert Weltens, The Bilingual Lexicon, page 204
    • There is no longer any temptation to mischunk the text.1997, Rebecca E. Burnett, Technical Communication, page 216

Forms of mischunk

third-person singular presentmischunks
present participlemischunking
past participlemischunked
pastmischunked

Origin of mischunk

From mis- + chunk.

Questions about mischunk

What does mischunk mean?
Mischunk means to chunk incorrectly.
What part of speech is mischunk?
Mischunk is a verb.
What is the past tense of mischunk?
The past tense of mischunk is mischunked.

Words near mischunk in the dictionary

  1. mischosen
  2. mischristen
  3. mischristened
  4. mischristening
  5. mischristens
  6. mischunk
  7. mischunked
  8. mischunking
  9. mischunks
  10. miscibilities
  11. miscibility

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