"misfarm" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misfarms [present, singular, third-person], misfarming [participle, present], misfarmed [participle, past], misfarmed [past]
Etymology: mis- + farm Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|farm}} mis- + farm Head templates: {{en-verb}} misfarm (third-person singular simple present misfarms, present participle misfarming, simple past and past participle misfarmed)
  1. To do a poor job of farming.
    Sense id: en-misfarm-en-verb-Br80JIWs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

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