See misimprove on Wiktionary
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{ "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "mis", "3": "improve" }, "expansion": "mis- + improve", "name": "prefix" } ], "etymology_text": "From mis- + improve.", "forms": [ { "form": "misimproves", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "misimproving", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "misimproved", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "misimproved", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "misimprove (third-person singular simple present misimproves, present participle misimproving, simple past and past participle misimproved)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "related": [ { "word": "misimprovement" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English terms prefixed with mis-", "English terms with archaic senses", "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "English transitive verbs", "English verbs", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "examples": [ { "bold_text_offsets": [ [ 3, 13 ] ], "text": "to misimprove time, talents, or advantages", "type": "example" }, { "bold_text_offsets": [ [ 15, 26 ] ], "ref": "1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:", "text": "the smart of a misimproved Providence", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To use for a bad purpose; to misuse or squander." ], "links": [ [ "misuse", "misuse" ], [ "squander", "squander" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive, archaic) To use for a bad purpose; to misuse or squander." ], "tags": [ "archaic", "transitive" ] } ], "word": "misimprove" }
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