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misstrikes

misstrikes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misstrike.

misstrikes is the plural of misstrike.

Meaning of misstrike

Verb

misstrike (third-person singular simple present misstrikes, present participle misstriking, simple past misstruck, past participle misstruck or (uncommon) misstricken)

  1. (transitive) To strike badly or incorrectly.
    • To the musician oft a mis-struck note
      Suggests a brighter strain of harmony;1865, William Cosmo Monkhouse, “Sonnet: Chance and Genius”, in A Dream of Idleness, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, page 160

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Questions about misstrikes

What is misstrikes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Misstrikes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misstrike.

Words near misstrikes in the dictionary

  1. misstress
  2. misstressed
  3. misstresses
  4. misstressing
  5. misstrike
  6. misstrikes
  7. misstriking
  8. misstring
  9. misstringing
  10. misstrings
  11. misstrip

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misstrikes (page history and authors); misstrike (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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