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miswash

miswash verb: to wash badly.

Verb

miswash (third-person singular simple present miswashes, present participle miswashing, simple past and past participle miswashed)

  1. To wash badly.
    • Two volumes of Elia have been spoilt by the man to whom they were entrusted, by miswashing sheets sent to him to clean.1969, Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson, The Journals of Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson, 1879-1922, page 42
    • Angie wheeled back through the lobby to the large front windows, grimy with years of miswashing and, the last few years, no washing at all.2017, Terence Kuch, Exit 4, page 7

Forms of miswash

third-person singular presentmiswashes
present participlemiswashing
past participlemiswashed
pastmiswashed

Origin of miswash

From mis- + wash.

Questions about miswash

What does miswash mean?
Miswash means to wash badly.
What part of speech is miswash?
Miswash is a verb.
What is the past tense of miswash?
The past tense of miswash is miswashed.

Words near miswash in the dictionary

  1. miswarns
  2. miswarrant
  3. miswarranted
  4. miswarranting
  5. miswarrants
  6. miswash
  7. miswashed
  8. miswashes
  9. miswashing
  10. miswater
  11. miswatered

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