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misendowed

misendowed is the simple past and past participle of misendow.

Meaning of misendow

Verb

misendow (third-person singular simple present misendows, present participle misendowing, simple past and past participle misendowed)

  1. (usually) To provide or endow with something that is not a benefit.
    • Given the interactive character of genes and environment, one now must ask, "Are there certain specific genetic mechanisms or processes, pathological or otherwise, that determine that certain individuals so endowed (or misendowed) will be unable to live up to social and cultural expectations of...1970, Donald J. Mulvihill, Melvin Marvin Tumin, Lynn A. Curtis, Crimes of Violence, page 419

Questions about misendowed

What is misendowed the simple past and past participle of?
Misendowed is the simple past and past participle of misendow.

Words near misendowed in the dictionary

  1. misendeavor
  2. misendeavors
  3. misendeavour
  4. misendeavours
  5. misendow
  6. misendowed
  7. misendowing
  8. misendowment
  9. misendowments
  10. misendows
  11. Misener

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