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misfix

misfix verb: to fix improperly.

Verb

misfix (third-person singular simple present misfixes, present participle misfixing, simple past and past participle misfixed)

  1. To fix improperly.
    • Still, if he does not know how he has misfixed himself, he knows that he is misfixed for we hear his murmurings of complaint, and we know the nature of them.1886, William Vickroy Marshall, Unfair Distribution of Earnings: The Evil Effects and the Remedy, page 228
    • Bush may have intended to repeat the Republican derogation of “deadbeat dads,” but misfixed it to “ deadbeat fathers."1997, William Safire, Watching My Language: Adventures in the Word, page 33

Forms of misfix

third-person singular presentmisfixes
present participlemisfixing
past participlemisfixed
pastmisfixed

Origin of misfix

From mis- + fix.

Questions about misfix

What does misfix mean?
Misfix means to fix improperly.
What part of speech is misfix?
Misfix is a verb.
What is the past tense of misfix?
The past tense of misfix is misfixed.

Words near misfix in the dictionary

  1. misfit streams
  2. misfitdom
  3. misfits
  4. misfitted
  5. misfitting
  6. misfix
  7. misfixed
  8. misfixes
  9. misfixing
  10. misflag
  11. misflagged

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