misput

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verb

To put badly or wrongly.

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Meanings

verbmisput (third-person singular simple present misputs, present participle misputting, simple past and past participle misput)

present singular third person misputs · participle present misputting

  1. raretransitiveTo put badly or wrongly.

    It all springs from misputting the problem.

    1911, The Journal of Philosophy, volume 8, page 586
  2. USdialectalraretransitiveTo put out; to inconvenience or disturb.

    But I don't like to misput nobody.

    1995, Janice Holt Giles, The Land Beyond the Mountains, page 134
    1 more example

    "Would you mind if I came out and saw her for myself? I wouldn't be there to misput anyone, just to see her well," Dr. Quinton said.

    2020, Missy Priest, Child of the Wilderness

Origin

From mis- + put.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sumpit
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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