Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of misprise
comparative more misprised · superlative most misprised
- Despised, unappreciated.First known use 18th c.
The misprised Greeks had manoeuvred us into positions where we could be surrounded and cut off, and yet we very rarely saw them.
1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 102
Synonyms & antonyms
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misprised. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misprised
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