"misguard" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misguards [present, singular, third-person], misguarding [participle, present], misguarded [participle, past], misguarded [past]
Etymology: mis- + guard Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|guard}} mis- + guard Head templates: {{en-verb}} misguard (third-person singular simple present misguards, present participle misguarding, simple past and past participle misguarded)
  1. To fail to guard properly.
    Sense id: en-misguard-en-verb-hNKq9gi2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

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