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mispursuit

mispursuit noun: a bad or wrong pursuit.

Noun

mispursuit (countable and uncountable, plural mispursuits)

  1. A bad or wrong pursuit.

Forms of mispursuit

pluralmispursuits

Origin of mispursuit

From mis- + pursuit.

Questions about mispursuit

What does mispursuit mean?
Mispursuit means a bad or wrong pursuit.
What part of speech is mispursuit?
Mispursuit is a noun.
What is the plural of mispursuit?
The plural of mispursuit is mispursuits.

Words near mispursuit in the dictionary

  1. mispurposes
  2. mispursue
  3. mispursued
  4. mispursues
  5. mispursuing
  6. mispursuit
  7. mispursuits
  8. misput
  9. misputs
  10. misputt
  11. misputted

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