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misstaying

misstaying is the present participle and gerund of misstay.

Meaning of misstay

Verb

misstay (third-person singular simple present misstays, present participle misstaying, simple past and past participle misstayed)

  1. To become caught in irons when changing tack.

Questions about misstaying

What is misstaying the present participle and gerund of?
Misstaying is the present participle and gerund of misstay.

Words near misstaying in the dictionary

  1. misstationed
  2. misstationing
  3. misstations
  4. misstay
  5. misstayed
  6. misstaying
  7. misstays
  8. missteer
  9. missteered
  10. missteering
  11. missteers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misstaying (page history and authors); misstay (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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