"misgenerate" meaning in English

See misgenerate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: misgenerates [present, singular, third-person], misgenerating [participle, present], misgenerated [participle, past], misgenerated [past]
Etymology: mis- + generate Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|generate}} mis- + generate Head templates: {{en-verb}} misgenerate (third-person singular simple present misgenerates, present participle misgenerating, simple past and past participle misgenerated)
  1. To generate incorrectly.
    Sense id: en-misgenerate-en-verb-Mic6YV8M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for misgenerate meaning in English (2.2kB)

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