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misconvert

misconvert verb: to convert incorrectly.

Verb

misconvert (third-person singular simple present misconverts, present participle misconverting, simple past and past participle misconverted)

  1. (transitive) To convert incorrectly.
    • Of the fifteen station entries in the Cork-London double timetable, Fleming misconverted all five Irish times by making them twenty minutes ahead of Greenwich instead of twenty-five minutes behind[…]2007, Ian R. Bartky, One time fits all: the campaigns for global uniformity, page 222

Forms of misconvert

third-person singular presentmisconverts
present participlemisconverting
past participlemisconverted
pastmisconverted

Origin of misconvert

From mis- + convert.

Questions about misconvert

What does misconvert mean?
Misconvert means to convert incorrectly.
What part of speech is misconvert?
Misconvert is a verb.
What is the past tense of misconvert?
The past tense of misconvert is misconverted.

Words near misconvert in the dictionary

  1. misconvergences
  2. misconverges
  3. misconverging
  4. misconversion
  5. misconversions
  6. misconvert
  7. misconverted
  8. misconverting
  9. misconverts
  10. misconvey
  11. misconveyance

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