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missteer

missteer verb: to steer badly or wrongly.

Verb

missteer (third-person singular simple present missteers, present participle missteering, simple past and past participle missteered)

  1. (transitive) To steer badly or wrongly.

Forms of missteer

third-person singular presentmissteers
present participlemissteering
past participlemissteered
pastmissteered

Origin of missteer

From mis- + steer.

Questions about missteer

What does missteer mean?
Missteer means to steer badly or wrongly.
What part of speech is missteer?
Missteer is a verb.
What is the past tense of missteer?
The past tense of missteer is missteered.

Words near missteer in the dictionary

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

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