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misdevoting

misdevoting is the present participle and gerund of misdevote.

Meaning of misdevote

Verb

misdevote (third-person singular simple present misdevotes, present participle misdevoting, simple past and past participle misdevoted)

  1. (transitive) To devote mistakenly or unwisely.
    • to misdevote one's energies to a thankless task

Questions about misdevoting

What is misdevoting the present participle and gerund of?
Misdevoting is the present participle and gerund of misdevote.

Words near misdevoting in the dictionary

  1. misdevelopments
  2. misdevelops
  3. misdevote
  4. misdevoted
  5. misdevotes
  6. misdevoting
  7. misdevotion
  8. misdevotions
  9. misdiagnose
  10. misdiagnosed
  11. misdiagnoses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misdevoting (page history and authors); misdevote (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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