missolve
missolve verb: to solve incorrectly; to arrive at the wrong solution.
Verb
missolve (third-person singular simple present missolves, present participle missolving, simple past and past participle missolved)
- To solve incorrectly; to arrive at the wrong solution.
- Should the machine missolve or fail to solve the first, the second is doomed.1994, Christof Koch, Joel L. Davis, Large-scale Neuronal Theories of the Brain, page 50
- For example, Mestre (1988) presented a detailed analysis of how Hispanic college students missolve the students-and-professor problem.2013, Lorna Idol, Beau Fly Jones, Educational Values and Cognitive Instruction, page 316
Forms of missolve
| third-person singular present | missolves |
|---|---|
| present participle | missolving |
| past participle | missolved |
| past | missolved |
Origin of missolve
From mis- + solve.
Questions about missolve
- What does missolve mean?
- Missolve means to solve incorrectly; to arrive at the wrong solution.
- What part of speech is missolve?
- Missolve is a verb.
- What is the past tense of missolve?
- The past tense of missolve is missolved.
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