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misorient

misorient verb: to orient badly or wrongly.

Verb

misorient (third-person singular simple present misorients, present participle misorienting, simple past and past participle misoriented)

  1. To orient badly or wrongly.

Forms of misorient

third-person singular presentmisorients
present participlemisorienting
past participlemisoriented
pastmisoriented

Origin of misorient

From mis- + orient.

Questions about misorient

What does misorient mean?
Misorient means to orient badly or wrongly.
What part of speech is misorient?
Misorient is a verb.
What is the past tense of misorient?
The past tense of misorient is misoriented.

Words near misorient in the dictionary

  1. misorganizations
  2. misorganize
  3. misorganized
  4. misorganizes
  5. misorganizing
  6. misorient
  7. misorientate
  8. misorientated
  9. misorientates
  10. misorientating
  11. misorientation

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