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misexplain

misexplain verb: to explain incorrectly.

Verb

misexplain (third-person singular simple present misexplains, present participle misexplaining, simple past and past participle misexplained)

  1. (transitive) To explain incorrectly.

Forms of misexplain

third-person singular presentmisexplains
present participlemisexplaining
past participlemisexplained
pastmisexplained

Origin of misexplain

From mis- + explain.

Questions about misexplain

What does misexplain mean?
Misexplain means to explain incorrectly.
What part of speech is misexplain?
Misexplain is a verb.
What is the past tense of misexplain?
The past tense of misexplain is misexplained.

Words near misexplain in the dictionary

  1. misexpended
  2. misexpending
  3. misexpenditure
  4. misexpenditures
  5. misexpends
  6. misexplain
  7. misexplained
  8. misexplaining
  9. misexplains
  10. misexplanation
  11. misexplanations

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