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misfed

misfed is the simple past and past participle of misfeed.

Meaning of misfeed

Verb

misfeed (third-person singular simple present misfeeds, present participle misfeeding, simple past and past participle misfed)

  1. (transitive) To feed incorrectly, as for example with the wrong foodstuff.
    • The problem with keeping the green iguana as a pet is that they are often misfed. For example, some will feed them meat or meat-based foods […]2015, Rachel Smith, John Davidson, Lizards For Kids, page 18

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Questions about misfed

What is misfed the simple past and past participle of?
Misfed is the simple past and past participle of misfeed.

Words near misfed in the dictionary

  1. misfeasor
  2. misfeasors
  3. misfeature
  4. misfeatured
  5. misfeatures
  6. misfed
  7. misfeed
  8. misfeeding
  9. misfeeds
  10. misfeel
  11. misfeeling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misfed (page history and authors); misfeed (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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