"misfertilize" meaning in English

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "mis",
        "3": "fertilize"
      },
      "expansion": "mis- + fertilize",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mis- + fertilize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "misfertilizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misfertilizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misfertilized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misfertilized",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fertilize incorrectly, especially to use the wrong type of fertilizer."
      ],
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        [
          "fertilize",
          "fertilize"
        ],
        [
          "fertilizer",
          "fertilizer"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "misfertilize"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mis",
        "3": "fertilize"
      },
      "expansion": "mis- + fertilize",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mis- + fertilize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "misfertilizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misfertilizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misfertilized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misfertilized",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "misfertilize (third-person singular simple present misfertilizes, present participle misfertilizing, simple past and past participle misfertilized)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "English terms prefixed with mis-",
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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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To fertilize incorrectly, especially to use the wrong type of fertilizer."
      ],
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          "fertilizer",
          "fertilizer"
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  "word": "misfertilize"
}