missuspect
missuspect verb: to suspect something that is not, in fact, the case.
Verb
missuspect (third-person singular simple present missuspects, present participle missuspecting, simple past and past participle missuspected)
- To suspect something that is not, in fact, the case.
- Either plot would make an excellent Play, we merely prefer the financial fragment for the reason that missuspected marital infidelity is too closely a copy of plays like "The Thief” and “The Spendthrift."1912, Luther Anthony (B.), The Dramatist, page 124
- I'll tell you why; because I can't, until I can locate some missuspecting town or something like that which doesn't know an elephant from a hole in the ground and which is yearning for the beginning of a zoo.1928, The Leatherneck - Volume 11, page 2
Forms of missuspect
| third-person singular present | missuspects |
|---|---|
| present participle | missuspecting |
| past participle | missuspected |
| past | missuspected |
Origin of missuspect
From mis- + suspect.
Questions about missuspect
- What does missuspect mean?
- Missuspect means to suspect something that is not, in fact, the case.
- What part of speech is missuspect?
- Missuspect is a verb.
- What is the past tense of missuspect?
- The past tense of missuspect is missuspected.
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