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mismaking

mismaking is the present participle and gerund of mismake.

Meaning of mismake

Verb

mismake (third-person singular simple present mismakes, present participle mismaking, simple past and past participle mismade)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To unmake; depose.
  2. (transitive) To shape or form improperly; make badly or amiss; spoil in making.
  3. (reflexive, transitive) To disturb (oneself); put (oneself) out.

Questions about mismaking

What is mismaking the present participle and gerund of?
Mismaking is the present participle and gerund of mismake.

Words near mismaking in the dictionary

  1. mismaintained
  2. mismaintaining
  3. mismaintains
  4. mismake
  5. mismakes
  6. mismaking
  7. mismanage
  8. mismanageable
  9. mismanaged
  10. mismanagement
  11. mismanagements

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mismaking (page history and authors); mismake (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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