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misstore

misstore verb: to store improperly.

Verb

misstore (third-person singular simple present misstores, present participle misstoring, simple past and past participle misstored)

  1. To store improperly.
    • The brain seems to misstore the information recorded during the event along with the negative emotion itself.1972, Bernard J. Somers, Re-evaluation Therapy: Theoretical Framework, page 5
    • The system probably began to misstore data when the number of issues exceeded 32,767, or 2¹⁵- 1.1988, COMPASS: Computer Assurance, page 72

Forms of misstore

third-person singular presentmisstores
present participlemisstoring
past participlemisstored
pastmisstored

Origin of misstore

From mis- + store.

Questions about misstore

What does misstore mean?
Misstore means to store improperly.
What part of speech is misstore?
Misstore is a verb.
What is the past tense of misstore?
The past tense of misstore is misstored.

Words near misstore in the dictionary

  1. misstocks
  2. misstop
  3. misstopped
  4. misstopping
  5. misstops
  6. misstore
  7. misstored
  8. misstores
  9. misstoring
  10. misstowed
  11. misstress

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