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mismarry

mismarry verb: to get married to an unsuitable person.

Verb

mismarry (third-person singular simple present mismarries, present participle mismarrying, simple past and past participle mismarried)

  1. (ambitransitive) To get married to an unsuitable person.

Forms of mismarry

third-person singular presentmismarries
present participlemismarrying
past participlemismarried
pastmismarried

Origin of mismarry

From mis- + marry.

Questions about mismarry

What does mismarry mean?
Mismarry means to get married to an unsuitable person.
What part of speech is mismarry?
Mismarry is a verb.
What is the past tense of mismarry?
The past tense of mismarry is mismarried.

Words near mismarry in the dictionary

  1. mismarks
  2. mismarriage
  3. mismarriages
  4. mismarried
  5. mismarries
  6. mismarry
  7. mismarrying
  8. mismatch
  9. mismatch repair cancer syndrome
  10. mismatched
  11. mismatchedness

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