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misimprinted

misimprinted is the simple past and past participle of misimprint.

Meaning of misimprint

Verb

misimprint (third-person singular simple present misimprints, present participle misimprinting, simple past and past participle misimprinted)

  1. To imprint wrongly.
    • That is, by way of this initial imprinting the young animal becomes a socialized member of its species. Animals misimprinted to other species show a variety of abnormal social behaviors as adults.1977, Dorothy Rogers, Issues in child psychology, page 62

Questions about misimprinted

What is misimprinted the simple past and past participle of?
Misimprinted is the simple past and past participle of misimprint.

Words near misimprinted in the dictionary

  1. misimply
  2. misimplying
  3. misimpression
  4. misimpressions
  5. misimprint
  6. misimprinted
  7. misimprinting
  8. misimprints
  9. misimprisonment
  10. misimprove
  11. misimproved

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