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misnurtured

misnurtured is the simple past and past participle of misnurture.

Meaning of misnurture

Verb

misnurture (third-person singular simple present misnurtures, present participle misnurturing, simple past and past participle misnurtured)

  1. (transitive) To nurture or train wrongly.
    • Manasseh was religiously bred under Hezekiah; Josiah was misnurtured under Amon: and yet Manasseh runs into absurd idolatries […]1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC

Questions about misnurtured

What is misnurtured the simple past and past participle of?
Misnurtured is the simple past and past participle of misnurture.

Words near misnurtured in the dictionary

  1. misnumerate
  2. misnumerated
  3. misnumerates
  4. misnumerating
  5. misnurture
  6. misnurtured
  7. misnurtures
  8. misnurturing
  9. misnutrition
  10. Misny
  11. miso

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