misset

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verb

To set, adjust or calibrate incorrectly.

OriginEnglish set ← Middle English mys- ← Old English mis- →
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Meanings

verbmisset (third-person singular simple present missets, present participle missetting, simple past and past participle misset)

present singular third person missets · participle present missetting · alternative mis-set

  1. transitiveTo set, adjust or calibrate incorrectly.
  2. transitiveTo place in the wrong location.
adjectivemisset (not comparable)

alternative mis-set

  1. not comparableIncorrectly set.
  2. Scotlandnot comparableIn a bad temper; out of sorts.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Englishset
  10. Englishmisset

From mis- + set.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tmesis
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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