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misoperates

misoperates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misoperate.

Meaning of misoperate

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

Questions about misoperates

What is misoperates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Misoperates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misoperate.

Words near misoperates in the dictionary

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

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