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misrespecting

misrespecting is the present participle and gerund of misrespect.

Meaning of misrespect

Verb

misrespect (third-person singular simple present misrespects, present participle misrespecting, simple past and past participle misrespected)

  1. (ambitransitive) To show improper respect to or for; disrespect.
    • On 29 October 1954, Jill Berryman writes to her son, Never feel anything but free to speak of Allyn as you like to me, never think that I disliked or misrespected him—[...]2006, Samuel Fisher Dodson, Berryman's Henry: Living at the Intersection of Need and Art

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Questions about misrespecting

What is misrespecting the present participle and gerund of?
Misrespecting is the present participle and gerund of misrespect.

Words near misrespecting in the dictionary

  1. misresolved
  2. misresolves
  3. misresolving
  4. misrespect
  5. misrespected
  6. misrespecting
  7. misrespects
  8. misrespond
  9. misresponded
  10. misresponding
  11. misresponds

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