"missharpen" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: missharpens [present, singular, third-person], missharpening [participle, present], missharpened [participle, past], missharpened [past]
Etymology: mis- + sharpen Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|sharpen}} mis- + sharpen Head templates: {{en-verb}} missharpen (third-person singular simple present missharpens, present participle missharpening, simple past and past participle missharpened)
  1. To sharpen incorrectly.
    Sense id: en-missharpen-en-verb-1wxg3rC2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

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

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