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missuggesting

missuggesting is the present participle and gerund of missuggest.

Meaning of missuggest

Verb

missuggest (third-person singular simple present missuggests, present participle missuggesting, simple past and past participle missuggested)

  1. To make a missuggestion; to suggest erroneously.
    • Correct me if I am missuggesting; you stated that there were 28,000 actual serious crimes committed in 1965 —I believe it was that year — and only 1,000 convictions , which means that the chances are, roughly, 28 to 1 of getting off scot free — that one can commit an act of violence, a serious...1967, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia, Anticrime Legislation, page 38

Questions about missuggesting

What is missuggesting the present participle and gerund of?
Missuggesting is the present participle and gerund of missuggest.

Words near missuggesting in the dictionary

  1. missubtraction
  2. missubtractions
  3. missubtracts
  4. missuggest
  5. missuggested
  6. missuggesting
  7. missuggestion
  8. missuggestions
  9. missuggests
  10. missuit
  11. missuited

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