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misrecruiting

misrecruiting is the present participle and gerund of misrecruit.

Meaning of misrecruit

Verb

misrecruit (third-person singular simple present misrecruits, present participle misrecruiting, simple past and past participle misrecruited)

  1. To recruit someone who is inappropriate.
    • Despite the introduction of the elective principle, the councils failed partly because they continued to misrecruit big men and chiefs, but also because local council activities were being progressively eclipsed by the emergence of a national arena of politics.1984, Ralph R. Premdas, Jeff S. Steeves, Decentralisation and Political Change in Melanesia, page 11

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Questions about misrecruiting

What is misrecruiting the present participle and gerund of?
Misrecruiting is the present participle and gerund of misrecruit.

Words near misrecruiting in the dictionary

  1. misrecovering
  2. misrecovers
  3. misrecovery
  4. misrecruit
  5. misrecruited
  6. misrecruiting
  7. misrecruits
  8. misrectified
  9. misrectifies
  10. misrectify
  11. misrectifying

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