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mistuned

mistuned is the simple past and past participle of mistune.

Meaning of mistune

Verb

mistune (third-person singular simple present mistunes, present participle mistuning, simple past and past participle mistuned)

  1. (transitive) To tune wrongly.
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Adjective

mistuned (comparative more mistuned, superlative most mistuned)

  1. Incorrectly tuned

Forms of mistuned

comparativemore mistuned
superlativemost mistuned

Questions about mistuned

What does mistuned mean?
Mistuned means incorrectly tuned.
What is mistuned the simple past and past participle of?
Mistuned is the simple past and past participle of mistune.
What part of speech is mistuned?
Mistuned is an adjective.

Words near mistuned in the dictionary

  1. mists over
  2. mists up
  3. Mistubishi
  4. mistucked
  5. mistune
  6. mistuned
  7. mistunes
  8. mistuning
  9. mistunings
  10. misturn
  11. misturned

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