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misdefining

misdefining is the present participle and gerund of misdefine.

Meaning of misdefine

Verb

misdefine (third-person singular simple present misdefines, present participle misdefining, simple past and past participle misdefined)

  1. To define a term in a manner that is not correct; to define wrongly.

Questions about misdefining

What is misdefining the present participle and gerund of?
Misdefining is the present participle and gerund of misdefine.

Words near misdefining in the dictionary

  1. misdefends
  2. misdefense
  3. misdefine
  4. misdefined
  5. misdefines
  6. misdefining
  7. misdefinition
  8. misdefinitions
  9. misdeliver
  10. misdelivered
  11. misdeliveries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misdefining (page history and authors); misdefine (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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