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misinflecting

misinflecting is the present participle and gerund of misinflect.

Meaning of misinflect

Verb

misinflect (third-person singular simple present misinflects, present participle misinflecting, simple past and past participle misinflected)

  1. To inflect incorrectly.
    • Thus the student is taught from the very beginning to misinflect an important class of German nouns.1869, The New York Teacher, and the American Educational Monthly, page 264

Questions about misinflecting

What is misinflecting the present participle and gerund of?
Misinflecting is the present participle and gerund of misinflect.

Words near misinflecting in the dictionary

  1. misinflated
  2. misinflates
  3. misinflating
  4. misinflect
  5. misinflected
  6. misinflecting
  7. misinflection
  8. misinflections
  9. misinflects
  10. misinfluence
  11. misinfluenced

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