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misguarded

misguarded is the simple past and past participle of misguard.

Meaning of misguard

Verb

misguard (third-person singular simple present misguards, present participle misguarding, simple past and past participle misguarded)

  1. To fail to guard properly.
    • Modern tragedy has aimed at pointing out to men the consequences of their own misconduct, showing the direful effects which ambition, jealousy, love, resentment, and other strong emotions, when misguarded or left unrestrained, produce upon human life.1852, The British Controversialist and Impartial Inquirer, page 288

Questions about misguarded

What is misguarded the simple past and past participle of?
Misguarded is the simple past and past participle of misguard.

Words near misguarded in the dictionary

  1. misgrowth
  2. misgrowths
  3. misgrudge
  4. misgrudged
  5. misguard
  6. misguarded
  7. misguarding
  8. misguards
  9. misguess
  10. misguessed
  11. misguesses

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