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miswrought

miswrought adjective: badly wrought (in the literal or figurative sense).

Adjective

miswrought (comparative more miswrought, superlative most miswrought)

  1. Badly wrought (in the literal or figurative sense).
    • the people buy in effect chaffe for corn , for that which is miswrought will miswearc. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court

Forms of miswrought

comparativemore miswrought
superlativemost miswrought

Origin of miswrought

From mis- + wrought.

Questions about miswrought

What does miswrought mean?
Miswrought means badly wrought (in the literal or figurative sense).
What part of speech is miswrought?
Miswrought is an adjective.

Words near miswrought in the dictionary

  1. miswriting
  2. miswritings
  3. miswrits
  4. miswritten
  5. miswrote
  6. miswrought
  7. misy
  8. misyar
  9. misyars
  10. misyield
  11. misyielded

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