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mismaintained

mismaintained is the simple past and past participle of mismaintain.

Meaning of mismaintain

Verb

mismaintain (third-person singular simple present mismaintains, present participle mismaintaining, simple past and past participle mismaintained)

  1. To maintain improperly; to provide inadequate maintenance.
    • A bus can be mismaintained causing it to spill gallons of expensive fuel rounding the first corner of the day.1990, Mass Transit - Volume 17, page 50

Questions about mismaintained

What is mismaintained the simple past and past participle of?
Mismaintained is the simple past and past participle of mismaintain.

Words near mismaintained in the dictionary

  1. mismail
  2. mismailed
  3. mismailing
  4. mismails
  5. mismaintain
  6. mismaintained
  7. mismaintaining
  8. mismaintains
  9. mismake
  10. mismakes
  11. mismaking

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