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mismothered

mismothered is the simple past and past participle of mismother.

Meaning of mismother

Verb

mismother (third-person singular simple present mismothers, present participle mismothering, simple past and past participle mismothered)

  1. (especially a ewe) To fail to care for her own offspring, and/or to steal others' offspring and mother it.

Adjective

mismothered (not comparable)

  1. (especially a lamb) Neglected by its mother, cared for by another that is not its mother, or both.

Questions about mismothered

What does mismothered mean?
Mismothered means neglected by its mother, cared for by another that is not its mother, or both.
What is mismothered the simple past and past participle of?
Mismothered is the simple past and past participle of mismother.
What part of speech is mismothered?
Mismothered is an adjective.

Words near mismothered in the dictionary

  1. mismold
  2. mismolded
  3. mismolding
  4. mismolds
  5. mismother
  6. mismothered
  7. mismothering
  8. mismothers
  9. mismotion
  10. mismotivate
  11. mismotivated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mismothered (page history and authors); mismother (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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