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mispurpose

mispurpose noun: an incorrect or inappropriate purpose.

Noun

mispurpose (plural mispurposes)

  1. An incorrect or inappropriate purpose.
    • Lack of orientation, however, is where a great number of communications to others, and to ourselves, fall dead or go to mispurpose.1972, Sol III Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 1

Forms of mispurpose

pluralmispurposes

Origin of mispurpose

From mis- + purpose.

Questions about mispurpose

What does mispurpose mean?
Mispurpose means an incorrect or inappropriate purpose.
What part of speech is mispurpose?
Mispurpose is a noun.
What is the plural of mispurpose?
The plural of mispurpose is mispurposes.

Words near mispurpose in the dictionary

  1. mispunished
  2. mispunishes
  3. mispunishing
  4. mispurchase
  5. mispurchases
  6. mispurpose
  7. mispurposes
  8. mispursue
  9. mispursued
  10. mispursues
  11. mispursuing

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