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misfeature

UK/ˌmɪsˈfiː.tjə(ɹ)/US/ˌmɪsˈfiː.t͡ʃɚ/

misfeature noun: an undesirable or incorrect feature.

Noun

misfeature (plural misfeatures)

  1. An undesirable or incorrect feature.
    • He hath his Winter too of pale Misfeature, / Or else he would forego his mortal nature.1818, John Keats, The Human Seasons
    • This may not appear to be a critical misfeature, and in fact I have on occasion come to rely upon this unintentional archive of data to recover the data[…]2003, John Ray, Maximum Mac OS X Security

Forms of misfeature

pluralmisfeatures

Origin of misfeature

From mis- + feature.

Questions about misfeature

What does misfeature mean?
Misfeature means an undesirable or incorrect feature.
What part of speech is misfeature?
Misfeature is a noun.
How do you pronounce misfeature?
Misfeature is pronounced /ˌmɪsˈfiː.tjə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of misfeature?
The plural of misfeature is misfeatures.

Words near misfeature in the dictionary

  1. misfeasances
  2. misfeasant
  3. misfeasants
  4. misfeasor
  5. misfeasors
  6. misfeature
  7. misfeatured
  8. misfeatures
  9. misfed
  10. misfeed
  11. misfeeding

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