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misdigging

misdigging is the present participle and gerund of misdig.

Meaning of misdig

Verb

misdig (third-person singular simple present misdigs, present participle misdigging, simple past and past participle misdug)

  1. To dig incorrectly, such as in the wrong place.
    • He described "daily soundings" as conditional soundings designed to check the progress of the work and to determine if there is "overdigging" or "misdigging."1991, Spencer Nissen, Port of Oakland and Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company: Environmental Protection Agency Initial Decision, page 51

Questions about misdigging

What is misdigging the present participle and gerund of?
Misdigging is the present participle and gerund of misdig.

Words near misdigging in the dictionary

  1. misdig
  2. misdigest
  3. misdigested
  4. misdigesting
  5. misdigests
  6. misdigging
  7. misdight
  8. misdigs
  9. misdirect
  10. misdirected
  11. misdirectedly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misdigging (page history and authors); misdig (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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