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mismangling

mismangling is the present participle and gerund of mismangle.

Meaning of mismangle

Verb

mismangle (third-person singular simple present mismangles, present participle mismangling, simple past and past participle mismangled)

  1. To mangle in a destructive way; to disfigure or rearrange with bad results.
    • And do you suppose that Miggle's Sewer Products – they've been shamefully mismangled, if you ask me – will ever […]1977, Groucho Marx, Beds, page 33

Questions about mismangling

What is mismangling the present participle and gerund of?
Mismangling is the present participle and gerund of mismangle.

Words near mismangling in the dictionary

  1. mismaneuvres
  2. mismaneuvring
  3. mismangle
  4. mismangled
  5. mismangles
  6. mismangling
  7. mismanipulate
  8. mismanipulated
  9. mismanipulates
  10. mismanipulating
  11. mismanned

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