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misrepairs

misrepairs is the plural of misrepair.

Meaning of misrepair

Noun

misrepair (countable and uncountable, plural misrepairs)

  1. A repair that was done badly or wrongly.
    • Stipulations between a landlord and tenant, determining which shall bear a loss arising from nonrepair or misrepair of the tenement, and which shall be immune, are not matters of public concern.1937, David Stewart Edgar, Cases on the Law of Torts, page 652
    1. A faulty repair of DNA that produces genetic mutation.
      • It is clear that "misrepair" can occur by mechanisms which are not the same for all types of damage.2012, Peter Cerutti, Anticarcinogenesis and Radiation Protection, page 325

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Questions about misrepairs

What is misrepairs the plural of?
Misrepairs is the plural of misrepair.

Words near misrepairs in the dictionary

  1. misrenderings
  2. misrenders
  3. misrepair
  4. misrepaired
  5. misrepairing
  6. misrepairs
  7. misrepeat
  8. misrepeated
  9. misrepeating
  10. misrepeats
  11. misreplicate

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