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mismanipulates

mismanipulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mismanipulate.

Meaning of mismanipulate

Verb

mismanipulate (third-person singular simple present mismanipulates, present participle mismanipulating, simple past and past participle mismanipulated)

  1. To manipulate badly; to operate in a way that does not achieve the intended result.
    • By a system of shafts, levers and links the overwinding and overspeeding device which is geared to the depth indicator is attached to the hoist-control lever in such a way that the machine would be stopped automatically should the hoistman mismanipulate his levers at the beginning or end of a hoist.1926, Coal Age - Volume 29, page 461

Questions about mismanipulates

What is mismanipulates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mismanipulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mismanipulate.

Words near mismanipulates in the dictionary

  1. mismangled
  2. mismangles
  3. mismangling
  4. mismanipulate
  5. mismanipulated
  6. mismanipulates
  7. mismanipulating
  8. mismanned
  9. mismannered
  10. mismanners
  11. mismanoeuver

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