"mislabour" meaning in English

See mislabour in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: mislabours [present, singular, third-person], mislabouring [participle, present], mislaboured [participle, past], mislaboured [past]
Etymology: mis- + labour Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|labour}} mis- + labour Head templates: {{en-verb}} mislabour (third-person singular simple present mislabours, present participle mislabouring, simple past and past participle mislaboured)
  1. (transitive, archaic) To work badly or wrongly; to mismanage and thereby damage (farmland, etc.). Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-mislabour-en-verb-gs0oytcK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

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