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misrecruits

misrecruits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misrecruit.

misrecruits is the plural 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 misrecruits

What is misrecruits the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Misrecruits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misrecruit.

Words near misrecruits in the dictionary

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

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