"misstuff" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misstuffs [present, singular, third-person], misstuffing [participle, present], misstuffed [participle, past], misstuffed [past]
Etymology: mis- + stuff Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|stuff}} mis- + stuff Head templates: {{en-verb}} misstuff (third-person singular simple present misstuffs, present participle misstuffing, simple past and past participle misstuffed)
  1. To stuff incorrectly.
    Sense id: en-misstuff-en-verb-ul-GmLih Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

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