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mispaint

mispaint verb: to paint incorrectly; paint falsely or in wrong colours.

Verb

mispaint (third-person singular simple present mispaints, present participle mispainting, simple past and past participle mispainted)

  1. (transitive) To paint incorrectly; paint falsely or in wrong colours.

Forms of mispaint

third-person singular presentmispaints
present participlemispainting
past participlemispainted
pastmispainted

Origin of mispaint

From mis- + paint.

Questions about mispaint

What does mispaint mean?
Mispaint means to paint incorrectly; paint falsely or in wrong colours.
What part of speech is mispaint?
Mispaint is a verb.
What is the past tense of mispaint?
The past tense of mispaint is mispainted.

Words near mispaint in the dictionary

  1. mispaginated
  2. mispagination
  3. mispaginations
  4. mispaging
  5. mispaid
  6. mispaint
  7. mispainted
  8. mispainting
  9. mispaints
  10. mispair
  11. mispaired

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