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misstays

misstays is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 misstays

What is misstays the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Misstays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misstay.

Words near misstays in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misstays (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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