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misspeculating

misspeculating is the present participle and gerund of misspeculate.

Meaning of misspeculate

Verb

misspeculate (third-person singular simple present misspeculates, present participle misspeculating, simple past and past participle misspeculated)

  1. To speculate incorrectly; to make or act on a false conjecture.
    • There is no reason why "aggrieved" persons should, by the contract law of damages, be put in a better position than they would have occupied had they performed; secondly, the agreed market and risk allocations should not be upset by the often unclear question of who was in breach; and thirdly, the...2003, Richard E. Speidel, Ian Ayres, Studies in Contract Law, page 907

Questions about misspeculating

What is misspeculating the present participle and gerund of?
Misspeculating is the present participle and gerund of misspeculate.

Words near misspeculating in the dictionary

  1. misspecify
  2. misspecifying
  3. misspeculate
  4. misspeculated
  5. misspeculates
  6. misspeculating
  7. misspeculation
  8. misspeculations
  9. missped
  10. misspeech
  11. misspeed

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