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misnurturing

misnurturing is the present participle and gerund 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 misnurturing

What is misnurturing the present participle and gerund of?
Misnurturing is the present participle and gerund of misnurture.

Words near misnurturing in the dictionary

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

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