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misscan

misscan verb: to scan incorrectly.

Verb

misscan (third-person singular simple present misscans, present participle misscanning, simple past and past participle misscanned)

  1. To scan incorrectly.

Noun

misscan (plural misscans)

  1. Something scanned incorrectly, such as erroneous text in an electronically scanned document.

Forms of misscan

Verb
third-person singular presentmisscans
present participlemisscanning
past participlemisscanned
pastmisscanned
Noun
pluralmisscans

Origin of misscan

From mis- + scan.

Questions about misscan

What does misscan mean?
Misscan means to scan incorrectly.
What part of speech is misscan?
Misscan can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of misscan?
The past tense of misscan is misscanned.

Words near misscan in the dictionary

  1. missayer
  2. missayers
  3. missaying
  4. missayings
  5. missays
  6. misscan
  7. misscanned
  8. misscanning
  9. misscans
  10. misschedule
  11. misscheduled

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