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miscultivate

miscultivate verb: to cultivate badly or wrongly.

Verb

miscultivate (third-person singular simple present miscultivates, present participle miscultivating, simple past and past participle miscultivated)

  1. (transitive) To cultivate badly or wrongly.

Forms of miscultivate

third-person singular presentmiscultivates
present participlemiscultivating
past participlemiscultivated
pastmiscultivated

Origin of miscultivate

From mis- + cultivate.

Questions about miscultivate

What does miscultivate mean?
Miscultivate means to cultivate badly or wrongly.
What part of speech is miscultivate?
Miscultivate is a verb.
What is the past tense of miscultivate?
The past tense of miscultivate is miscultivated.

Words near miscultivate in the dictionary

  1. miscueing
  2. miscueings
  3. miscues
  4. miscuing
  5. miscuings
  6. miscultivate
  7. miscultivated
  8. miscultivates
  9. miscultivating
  10. miscultivation
  11. miscultured

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