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misfocus

misfocus verb: to focus badly or wrongly.

Verb

misfocus (third-person singular simple present misfocuses or misfocusses, present participle misfocusing or misfocussing, simple past and past participle misfocused or misfocussed)

  1. To focus badly or wrongly.

Noun

misfocus

  1. Incorrect focus.

Forms of misfocus

third-person singular presentmisfocuses
third-person singular presentmisfocusses
present participlemisfocusing
present participlemisfocussing
past participlemisfocused
pastmisfocused
past participlemisfocussed
pastmisfocussed

Origin of misfocus

From mis- + focus.

Questions about misfocus

What does misfocus mean?
Misfocus means to focus badly or wrongly.
What part of speech is misfocus?
Misfocus can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of misfocus?
The past tense of misfocus is misfocused.

Words near misfocus in the dictionary

  1. misflip
  2. misflipped
  3. misflipping
  4. misflips
  5. misflung
  6. misfocus
  7. misfocused
  8. misfocuses
  9. misfocusing
  10. misfocussed
  11. misfocussing

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