mislabour

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verb

To work badly or wrongly; to mismanage and thereby damage (farmland, etc.).

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Meanings

verbmislabour (third-person singular simple present mislabours, present participle mislabouring, simple past and past participle mislaboured)

present singular third person mislabours · participle present mislabouring · participle past mislaboured · past mislaboured

  1. archaictransitiveTo work badly or wrongly; to mismanage and thereby damage (farmland, etc.).

Origin

From mis- + labour.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

labourism
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APA

mislabour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mislabour

MLA

“mislabour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mislabour. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mislabour,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mislabour.

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