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misinherited

misinherited is the simple past and past participle of misinherit.

Meaning of misinherit

Verb

misinherit (third-person singular simple present misinherits, present participle misinheriting, simple past and past participle misinherited)

  1. To inherit incorrectly.
    • And this incongruence of the inner constitution of man's soul is invincible and universal: his nature is a disordered jumble of misinherited tendencies.1891, Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller, Riddles of the Sphinx: A Study in the Philosophy of Evolution, page 104

Questions about misinherited

What is misinherited the simple past and past participle of?
Misinherited is the simple past and past participle of misinherit.

Words near misinherited in the dictionary

  1. misinhales
  2. misinhaling
  3. misinherit
  4. misinheritance
  5. misinheritances
  6. misinherited
  7. misinheriting
  8. misinherits
  9. misinject
  10. misinjected
  11. misinjecting

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