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mislooks

mislooks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mislook.

Meaning of mislook

Verb

mislook (third-person singular simple present mislooks, present participle mislooking, simple past and past participle mislooked)

  1. (intransitive) To sin by looking.
  2. (transitive) To look unfavorably on.
  3. (transitive) To miss in searching; mislay or lose temporarily; neglectively overlook.
    • “We shared that with the FBI,” said Robert Delfin, Chief of Intelligence command for the Philippine National Police. “They may have mislooked and didn't appreciate the info coming from the Philippine police.2005, James Bamford, A Pretext For War
  4. (transitive) To look incorrectly or amiss.
    • To look for "organic form" or for active conflict ultimately resolved, "all passion spent," is to mislook.1977, Israeli Institute for Poetics and Semiotics, Makhon ha-Yiśreʼeli le-poʼeṭiḳah ṿe-semyoṭiḳah ʻal-shem Porṭer, PTL.

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Questions about mislooks

What is mislooks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mislooks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mislook.

Words near mislooks in the dictionary

  1. mislogging
  2. mislogs
  3. mislook
  4. mislooked
  5. mislooking
  6. mislooks
  7. mislore
  8. mislove
  9. misloved
  10. misloves
  11. misloving

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