"misstop" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misstops [present, singular, third-person], misstopping [participle, present], misstopped [participle, past], misstopped [past]
Etymology: mis- + stop Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|stop}} mis- + stop Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} misstop (third-person singular simple present misstops, present participle misstopping, simple past and past participle misstopped)
  1. (rare) To stop badly or wrongly. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-misstop-en-verb-iRNL5VZ6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

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        "(rare) To stop badly or wrongly."
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