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misdemeans

misdemeans is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 misdemeans

What is misdemeans the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Misdemeans is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misdemean.

Words near misdemeans in the dictionary

  1. misdemeanorizing
  2. misdemeanorous
  3. misdemeanors
  4. misdemeanour
  5. misdemeanours
  6. misdemeans
  7. misdempt
  8. misdentition
  9. misdeposited
  10. misdeposition
  11. misdepositions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misdemeans (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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