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misencounters

misencounters is the plural of misencounter.

Meaning of misencounter

Noun

misencounter (plural misencounters)

  1. A bad or wrong encounter.
    • We had tried to meet on earlier occasions, which led to a couple of hilarious misencounters. The first time we were to meet at the Biltmore Men's Bar, (even the name is impossible today!) and I was waiting in the downstairs bar, and he was waiting in the upstairs bar, each thinking the other had...1998, The Texas Review, volume 19, page 36

Questions about misencounters

What is misencounters the plural of?
Misencounters is the plural of misencounter.

Words near misencounters in the dictionary

  1. misencoded
  2. misencodes
  3. misencoding
  4. misencodings
  5. misencounter
  6. misencounters
  7. misendeavor
  8. misendeavors
  9. misendeavour
  10. misendeavours
  11. misendow

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