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mismaintaining

mismaintaining is the present participle and gerund 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 mismaintaining

What is mismaintaining the present participle and gerund of?
Mismaintaining is the present participle and gerund of mismaintain.

Words near mismaintaining in the dictionary

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

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