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misset

misset verb: to set, adjust or calibrate incorrectly.

Verb

misset (third-person singular simple present missets, present participle missetting, simple past and past participle misset)

  1. (transitive) To set, adjust or calibrate incorrectly.
  2. (transitive) To place in the wrong location.

Adjective

misset (not comparable)

  1. Incorrectly set.
  2. (Scotland) In a bad temper; out of sorts.

Forms of misset

third-person singular presentmissets
present participlemissetting
past participlemisset
pastmisset
alternative formmis-set

Origin of misset

From mis- + set.

Questions about misset

What does misset mean?
Misset means to set, adjust or calibrate incorrectly.
What part of speech is misset?
Misset can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of misset?
The past tense of misset is misset.

Words near misset in the dictionary

  1. Misses Wrong
  2. misseses
  3. missess
  4. missesses
  5. missest
  6. misset
  7. misseth
  8. missets
  9. missetting
  10. missew
  11. missewed

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