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misrectifies

misrectifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misrectify.

Meaning of misrectify

Verb

misrectify (third-person singular simple present misrectifies, present participle misrectifying, simple past and past participle misrectified)

  1. To err when attempting to rectify (a problem or mistake).
    • At the task level itself, there may be errors of misassessing, mismonitoring, and misrectifying the safety requirements set up to achieve an errorless task accomplishment.1987, Shizuko Y. Fagerhaugh, Hazards in Hospital Care: Ensuring Patient Safety, page 127

Questions about misrectifies

What is misrectifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Misrectifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misrectify.

Words near misrectifies in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misrectifies (page history and authors); misrectify (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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