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misexecuted

misexecuted is the simple past and past participle of misexecute.

Meaning of misexecute

Verb

misexecute (third-person singular simple present misexecutes, present participle misexecuting, simple past and past participle misexecuted)

  1. (transitive) To execute or carry out improperly.
    • It is not going too far to say that if an agent is acting within the general scope of his work, even if he oversteps his orders or misexecutes them, the corporation which employs him to do such work is liable for a tort committed by him thereby.1921, John James Sullivan, American Corporations, page 208

Questions about misexecuted

What is misexecuted the simple past and past participle of?
Misexecuted is the simple past and past participle of misexecute.

Words near misexecuted in the dictionary

  1. misexchange
  2. misexchanged
  3. misexchanges
  4. misexchanging
  5. misexecute
  6. misexecuted
  7. misexecutes
  8. misexecuting
  9. misexecution
  10. misexecutions
  11. misexpand

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