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misdemeaned

misdemeaned is the simple past and past participle of misdemean.

Meaning of misdemean

Verb

misdemean (third-person singular simple present misdemeans, present participle misdemeaning, simple past and past participle misdemeaned)

  1. (archaic, reflexive) With a reflexive pronoun: to cause (oneself) to behave badly.
    • he misdemeaned himself
  2. (intransitive) To misbehave.

Questions about misdemeaned

What is misdemeaned the simple past and past participle of?
Misdemeaned is the simple past and past participle of misdemean.

Words near misdemeaned in the dictionary

  1. misdelivers
  2. misdelivery
  3. misdemean
  4. misdemeanant
  5. misdemeanants
  6. misdemeaned
  7. misdemeaning
  8. misdemeanist
  9. misdemeanists
  10. misdemeanor
  11. misdemeanorization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misdemeaned (page history and authors); misdemean (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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