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miswielded

miswielded is the simple past and past participle of miswield.

Meaning of miswield

Verb

miswield (third-person singular simple present miswields, present participle miswielding, simple past and past participle miswielded)

  1. To wield incorrectly or inappropriately.
    • If his father miswielded his crutch and accidentally toppled the water bucket, Revas swore he'd left the pail in the way.1995, Arnette Lamb, Carolyn Tolley, Maiden of Inverness, page 2

Questions about miswielded

What is miswielded the simple past and past participle of?
Miswielded is the simple past and past participle of miswield.

Words near miswielded in the dictionary

  1. miswend
  2. miswending
  3. miswends
  4. miswent
  5. miswield
  6. miswielded
  7. miswielding
  8. miswields
  9. miswind
  10. miswinding
  11. miswinds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: miswielded (page history and authors); miswield (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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