misprised

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adjective

Despised, unappreciated.

First used 18th c.Scrabble 14

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of misprise
adjectivemisprised (comparative more misprised, superlative most misprised)

comparative more misprised · superlative most misprised

  1. 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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