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misexplaining

misexplaining is the present participle and gerund of misexplain.

Meaning of misexplain

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To explain incorrectly.

Questions about misexplaining

What is misexplaining the present participle and gerund of?
Misexplaining is the present participle and gerund of misexplain.

Words near misexplaining in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misexplaining (page history and authors); misexplain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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