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misdevelop

misdevelop verb: to develop badly or wrongly.

Verb

misdevelop (third-person singular simple present misdevelops, present participle misdeveloping, simple past and past participle misdeveloped)

  1. To develop badly or wrongly.

Forms of misdevelop

third-person singular presentmisdevelops
present participlemisdeveloping
past participlemisdeveloped
pastmisdeveloped

Origin of misdevelop

From mis- + develop.

Questions about misdevelop

What does misdevelop mean?
Misdevelop means to develop badly or wrongly.
What part of speech is misdevelop?
Misdevelop is a verb.
What is the past tense of misdevelop?
The past tense of misdevelop is misdeveloped.

Words near misdevelop in the dictionary

  1. misdeterminations
  2. misdetermine
  3. misdetermined
  4. misdetermines
  5. misdetermining
  6. misdevelop
  7. misdeveloped
  8. misdeveloping
  9. misdevelopment
  10. misdevelopments
  11. misdevelops

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