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misdug

misdug is the simple past and past participle 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 misdug

What is misdug the simple past and past participle of?
Misdug is the simple past and past participle of misdig.

Words near misdug in the dictionary

  1. misdrove
  2. misdub
  3. misdubbed
  4. misdubbing
  5. misdubs
  6. misdug
  7. misdump
  8. misdumped
  9. misdumping
  10. misdumps
  11. misduplicate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misdug (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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