misdo

«misdo» in Mova's school dictionary: To do something wrongly or badly — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (misdo, misdoes, misdid, misdone, misdoing — rare, old-fashioned)

meaning for a pupil

1) (rare, old use) To do something wrongly or badly. tree →

2) (rare, old use) To do wrong; to behave badly. tree →

sense in the lessons

Very rarely used today; you may meet it in old books. The noun «misdoing» (a wrong action, usually «misdoings») is more common. In everyday English say «do something wrong» or «make a mistake». Phrases: misdoings (wrong actions).

examples

• To misdo a task is to do it wrongly. tree →
• The old book said he would never misdo again. tree →
• The villain's misdoings were found out at last. tree →
• «I have misdone,» confessed the knight. tree →
• If you misdo the steps, the cake will not rise. tree →
• Her misdoings were forgiven by the village. tree →

note

Irregular, like «do»: misdid, misdone. Rare and old-fashioned; better to say «do it wrong». «Mis-» means wrongly (misspell, misunderstand). Pronounced mis-DOO.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «misdo» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.