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misgrooming

misgrooming is the present participle and gerund of misgroom.

Meaning of misgroom

Verb

misgroom (third-person singular simple present misgrooms, present participle misgrooming, simple past and past participle misgroomed)

  1. (transitive) To groom badly or wrongly.
    • Straggly-haired Mr Rhind-Tutt has been miscast, misdirected and misgroomed.2009 December 11, Quentin Letts, “Shocks and Men”, in Daily Mail

Questions about misgrooming

What is misgrooming the present participle and gerund of?
Misgrooming is the present participle and gerund of misgroom.

Words near misgrooming in the dictionary

  1. misgripped
  2. misgripping
  3. misgrips
  4. misgroom
  5. misgroomed
  6. misgrooming
  7. misgrooms
  8. misground
  9. misgrounded
  10. misgrounding
  11. misgrounds

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