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mispunished

mispunished is the simple past and past participle of mispunish.

Meaning of mispunish

Verb

mispunish (third-person singular simple present mispunishes, present participle mispunishing, simple past and past participle mispunished)

  1. To punish inappropriately; to give the wrong amount or type of punishment, or to punish someone for an offense they did not commit.
    • Multiple punitive damages are likely to mispunish defendants.1993, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice, The Multiparty, Multiforum Jurisdiction Act of 1991, page 236

Questions about mispunished

What is mispunished the simple past and past participle of?
Mispunished is the simple past and past participle of mispunish.

Words near mispunished in the dictionary

  1. mispunctuates
  2. mispunctuating
  3. mispunctuation
  4. mispunctuations
  5. mispunish
  6. mispunished
  7. mispunishes
  8. mispunishing
  9. mispurchase
  10. mispurchases
  11. mispurpose

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