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misdemeaning

misdemeaning is the present participle and gerund 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 misdemeaning

What is misdemeaning the present participle and gerund of?
Misdemeaning is the present participle and gerund of misdemean.

Words near misdemeaning in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misdemeaning (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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