misempower
misempower verb: to empower inappropriately.
Verb
misempower (third-person singular simple present misempowers, present participle misempowering, simple past and past participle misempowered)
- To empower inappropriately.
- I am afraid this must be regarded as another of the unwise attempts at tramelling; where incompetent and misempowered legislators, thinking of themselves instead of the public purposes (of which themselves were but agents) have frustrated, as far as their mistakes could frustrate, those public...1837, The Spectator - Volume 10, page 1097
- His scholarly interests explore the sociocultural dimensions of literacy education as it dis/misempowers youth and their teachers in urban environments.2017, Keli GarasYork, Pixita del Prado Hill, Leslie K. Day, Doing PDS, page 168
Forms of misempower
| third-person singular present | misempowers |
|---|---|
| present participle | misempowering |
| past participle | misempowered |
| past | misempowered |
Origin of misempower
From mis- + empower.
Questions about misempower
- What does misempower mean?
- Misempower means to empower inappropriately.
- What part of speech is misempower?
- Misempower is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misempower?
- The past tense of misempower is misempowered.
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