mispair

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verb

To pair incorrectly; to mismatch in twos.

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Meanings

verbmispair (third-person singular simple present mispairs, present participle mispairing, simple past and past participle mispaired)

present singular third person mispairs · participle present mispairing · participle past mispaired · past mispaired

  1. To pair incorrectly; to mismatch in twos.

    Whether they are involved in carcinogenesis by induction of a heritable lesion would depend, I believe, on their ability either to mispair or to misrepair.

    1982, Yutaka Kawazoe, “Molecular Mechanism of Chemical Modification of Cellular Nucleic Acid Bases by 4-Hydroxyaminoquinoline 1-oxide”, in Carcinogenic and Mutagenic N-substituted Aryl Compounds, page 185

Origin

From mis- + pair.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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