"misslice" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misslices [present, singular, third-person], misslicing [participle, present], missliced [participle, past], missliced [past]
Etymology: From mis- + slice. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|slice}} mis- + slice Head templates: {{en-verb}} misslice (third-person singular simple present misslices, present participle misslicing, simple past and past participle missliced)
  1. To slice incorrectly.

Inflected forms

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