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misinheriting

misinheriting is the present participle and gerund 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 misinheriting

What is misinheriting the present participle and gerund of?
Misinheriting is the present participle and gerund of misinherit.

Words near misinheriting in the dictionary

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

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