"misprepare" meaning in English

See misprepare in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: misprepares [present, singular, third-person], mispreparing [participle, present], misprepared [participle, past], misprepared [past]
Etymology: From mis- + prepare. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|prepare}} mis- + prepare Head templates: {{en-verb}} misprepare (third-person singular simple present misprepares, present participle mispreparing, simple past and past participle misprepared)
  1. To prepare badly; to provide inadequate or inappropriate preparation.

Inflected forms

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