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misoperate

misoperate verb: to operate incorrectly.

Verb

misoperate (third-person singular simple present misoperates, present participle misoperating, simple past and past participle misoperated)

  1. (intransitive, usually) To operate incorrectly.
    • Our research suggests that many signals could mis-operate during the [solar] storm, but at present we can't say precisely which signals are going to be affected or when the faults would occur.2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 31

Synonyms of misoperate

Forms of misoperate

third-person singular presentmisoperates
present participlemisoperating
past participlemisoperated
pastmisoperated

Origin of misoperate

From mis- + operate.

Questions about misoperate

What does misoperate mean?
Misoperate means to operate incorrectly.
What part of speech is misoperate?
Misoperate is a verb.
What is the past tense of misoperate?
The past tense of misoperate is misoperated.

Words near misoperate in the dictionary

  1. misopedists
  2. misopen
  3. misopened
  4. misopening
  5. misopens
  6. misoperate
  7. misoperated
  8. misoperates
  9. misoperating
  10. misoperation
  11. misoperations

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