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misliving

misliving is the present participle and gerund of mislive.

Meaning of mislive

Verb

mislive (third-person singular simple present mislives, present participle misliving, simple past and past participle mislived)

  1. To lead a wrong, corrupt, or evil life; to live wrongly.

Noun

misliving (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Sinful living.

Origin of misliving

From Middle English myslyvynge, mislifand, equivalent to mislive + -ing.

From Middle English myslyvinge, equivalent to mis- + living.

Questions about misliving

What does misliving mean?
Misliving means sinful living.
What is misliving the present participle and gerund of?
Misliving is the present participle and gerund of mislive.
What part of speech is misliving?
Misliving is a noun.

Words near misliving in the dictionary

  1. mislive
  2. mislived
  3. misliver
  4. mislivers
  5. mislives
  6. misliving
  7. misload
  8. misloaded
  9. misloading
  10. misloadings
  11. misloads

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misliving (page history and authors); mislive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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