miswater

miswater verb: to water badly; to underwater, overwater or water at the wrong times.

Verb

miswater (third-person singular simple present miswaters, present participle miswatering, simple past and past participle miswatered)

To water badly; to underwater, overwater or water at the wrong times.
- As a further guide, however, the principal effects of miswatering are summarised below:1974, The Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain, page 13
- Sometimes you may miswater a plant, but one mistake is never fatal.1985, David L. Hamilton, Maintenance Techniques for Interior Plants, page 1

Those plants are planted in Jardinier subirrigated containers, where they live longer because plants are less likely to be miswatered.1993, Greenhouse Manager - Volume 12, page 39:
Instead, there's a whole slew of little ways beginners can miswater, turning on the spigot when they think they should rather than when the plants actually need it.1998, Pat Stone, Easy Gardening 101, page 70:

third-person singular present	miswaters
present participle	miswatering
past participle	miswatered
past	miswatered

From mis- + water.

What does miswater mean?: Miswater means to water badly; to underwater, overwater or water at the wrong times.
How do you use miswater in a sentence?: Those plants are planted in Jardinier subirrigated containers, where they live longer because plants are less likely to be miswatered.
What part of speech is miswater?: Miswater is a verb.
What is the past tense of miswater?: The past tense of miswater is miswatered.

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