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misdesert

/ˈmɪsdəˌzɜː(ɹ)t/

misdesert noun: the state or fact of deserving bad things.

Noun

misdesert (plural misdeserts)

  1. (obsolete) The state or fact of deserving bad things.
    • My haplesse case
      Is not occasiond through my misdesert,
      But through misfortune […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of misdesert

pluralmisdeserts

Origin of misdesert

From mis- + desert.

Questions about misdesert

What does misdesert mean?
Misdesert means the state or fact of deserving bad things.
What part of speech is misdesert?
Misdesert is a noun.
How do you pronounce misdesert?
Misdesert is pronounced /ˈmɪsdəˌzɜː(ɹ)t/.
What is the plural of misdesert?
The plural of misdesert is misdeserts.

Words near misdesert in the dictionary

  1. misdescribing
  2. misdescription
  3. misdescriptions
  4. misdescriptive
  5. misdescriptiveness
  6. misdesert
  7. misdeserts
  8. misdesign
  9. misdesigned
  10. misdesigning
  11. misdesigns

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