mispaved
/mɪsˈpeɪvd/
mispaved adjective: having broken or uneven pavement.
Adjective
mispaved (comparative more mispaved, superlative most mispaved)
- Having broken or uneven pavement.
- He had a hundred things to say about the old Rome and the new; about the hilarious old carnival, and the anemic modern thing which has succeeded it; about many things which were better in the old Rome and some things which are better in the new; about the miry, mispaved old streets of fifty years...1902, Ashton Rollins Willard, The Land of the Latins, page 186
- The streets of Guadix are narrow and mispaved and steep, but in the midst of them is the cathedral, solid and ungraceful structure of the eighteenth century.1906, Leonard Williams, Granada: Memories, Adventures, Studies and Impressions, page 179
Forms of mispaved
| comparative | more mispaved |
|---|---|
| superlative | most mispaved |
Origin of mispaved
From mis- + paved.
Questions about mispaved
- What does mispaved mean?
- Mispaved means having broken or uneven pavement.
- What part of speech is mispaved?
- Mispaved is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce mispaved?
- Mispaved is pronounced /mɪsˈpeɪvd/.
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