misground
misground verb: to found erroneously; to base on invalid grounds. Also the simple past and past participle of misgrind.
Verb
misground (third-person singular simple present misgrounds, present participle misgrounding, simple past and past participle misgrounded)
Adjective
misground (comparative more misground, superlative most misground)
- Having been ground improperly.
- The storm broke on June 27, when the space agency disclosed that its multi-billion-dollar Hubble Space telescope, launched amid much hoopla in April, can't see straight thanks to a misground mirror.1990, National Journal - Volume 22, Pages 1637-2042, page 1777
- According to Riordan the matter was subsequently resolved by returning the misground or unground products back to the grinders.1994, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 1078
Also used as
misground is also the simple past and past participle of misgrind.
Forms of misground
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | misgrounds |
| present participle | misgrounding |
| past participle | misgrounded |
| past | misgrounded |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more misground |
| superlative | most misground |
Origin of misground
From mis- + ground.
Words formed from misground
Questions about misground
- What does misground mean?
- Misground means to found erroneously; to base on invalid grounds.
- What part of speech is misground?
- Misground can be a verb or an adjective.
- What is the past tense of misground?
- The past tense of misground is misgrounded.
Words near misground in the dictionary
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