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mispart

mispart verb: to part or divide badly.

Verb

mispart (third-person singular simple present misparts, present participle misparting, simple past and past participle misparted)

  1. To part or divide badly.
    • A piece of Maries hair is misparted, tucked behind her ear.1992, Michael C. White, Alan Davis, Birch Lane Press Presents American Fiction, →ISBN
    • Tom's hair was misparted and stood out in places.1993, Robert Boswell, Crooked hearts, →ISBN, page 90
  2. To miscast for a role.
    • The almost legendary Ivan Kozlovsky, with whom he gave the first Russian performance of the Serenade in the autumn of 1961, is misparted here.1986, Alan Blyth, Song on Record, →ISBN, page 214

Forms of mispart

third-person singular presentmisparts
present participlemisparting
past participlemisparted
pastmisparted

Origin of mispart

From mis- + part.

Questions about mispart

What does mispart mean?
Mispart means to part or divide badly.
What part of speech is mispart?
Mispart is a verb.
What is the past tense of mispart?
The past tense of mispart is misparted.

Words near mispart in the dictionary

  1. misparse
  2. misparsed
  3. misparses
  4. misparsing
  5. misparsings
  6. mispart
  7. misparted
  8. misparting
  9. misparts
  10. mispass
  11. mispassion

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