"misstart" meaning in English

See misstart in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: misstarts [present, singular, third-person], misstarting [participle, present], misstarted [participle, past], misstarted [past]
Etymology: From mis- + start. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|start}} mis- + start Head templates: {{en-verb}} misstart (third-person singular simple present misstarts, present participle misstarting, simple past and past participle misstarted)
  1. To start badly or wrongly.
    Sense id: en-misstart-en-verb-JaLAf7oV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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