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misgrown

misgrown is the past participle of misgrow.

Meaning of misgrow

Verb

misgrow (third-person singular simple present misgrows, present participle misgrowing, simple past misgrew, past participle misgrown)

  1. (ambitransitive) To grow incorrectly or amiss.
    • Fingers or toes may misgrow club-like together. One kidney may fail. The head may contain practically no brain.1940, Charles Sherrington, Man on his Nature

Adjective

misgrown (comparative more misgrown, superlative most misgrown)

  1. Grown out of shape; misshapen.

Forms of misgrown

comparativemore misgrown
superlativemost misgrown

Origin of misgrown

From misgrow.

Questions about misgrown

What does misgrown mean?
Misgrown means grown out of shape; misshapen.
What is misgrown the past participle of?
Misgrown is the past participle of misgrow.
What part of speech is misgrown?
Misgrown is an adjective.

Words near misgrown in the dictionary

  1. misgrouped
  2. misgrouping
  3. misgroups
  4. misgrow
  5. misgrowing
  6. misgrown
  7. misgrows
  8. misgrowth
  9. misgrowths
  10. misgrudge
  11. misgrudged

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misgrown (page history and authors); misgrow (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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