"misfertilize" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "mis- + fertilize",
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      "form": "misfertilizes",
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    },
    {
      "form": "misfertilizing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "misfertilized",
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "misfertilized",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1994, Indian Poultry Industry Yearbook - Volume 10, page 297",
          "text": "two, excessive or misfertilizing of agricultural land leads to an accumulation of phosphate in the soil and nitrate in the ground water;",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, David A. Payne, Designing Educational Project and Program Evaluations",
          "text": "One must be careful not to fertilize incorrectly (or overfertilize or misfertilize) as the seeding may be of discontent rather than enthusiasm.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Microbiomics, page 2",
          "text": "The Plantae, which constitute the regular flora (or macroflora), are restricted to mispollination in this respect, with misfertilized plants producing sterile or dysfunctional fruit or ploidal variations.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To fertilize incorrectly, especially to use the wrong type of fertilizer."
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  "word": "misfertilize"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "mis- + fertilize",
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    {
      "form": "misfertilizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "misfertilizing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misfertilized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misfertilized",
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          "ref": "1994, Indian Poultry Industry Yearbook - Volume 10, page 297",
          "text": "two, excessive or misfertilizing of agricultural land leads to an accumulation of phosphate in the soil and nitrate in the ground water;",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, David A. Payne, Designing Educational Project and Program Evaluations",
          "text": "One must be careful not to fertilize incorrectly (or overfertilize or misfertilize) as the seeding may be of discontent rather than enthusiasm.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Microbiomics, page 2",
          "text": "The Plantae, which constitute the regular flora (or macroflora), are restricted to mispollination in this respect, with misfertilized plants producing sterile or dysfunctional fruit or ploidal variations.",
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        }
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        "To fertilize incorrectly, especially to use the wrong type of fertilizer."
      ],
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