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to misdo

to misdo

9.4
Act in the wrong way so the result is bad
  • verb
  • /ˌmɪsˈdu/
translation icon : cometer un error
  • He misdid the calculations for the project.

Examples

  • She often worries that she will misdo important tasks at work.

  • They realized too late that they had misdone the calculations.

  • If you misdo your assignment, you might have to complete it again.

  • I always misdo my homework if I'm in a hurry.

  • He tends to misdo simple tasks, which frustrates his coworkers.

  • If you misdo the recipe, the dish could end up tasting terrible.

  • It's easy to misdo a calculation if you're not focused.

Antonyms

to get it right
190 2.1

To do something correctly so it works as intended

How Wrong

to perpetrate
85 8.4
to blunder
7 4.4
to misdo
9.4
to err
50 5.5
to misbehave
37 2.8

Surface Forms

misdo infinitive
misdoing present participle
misdoes third person singular
misdid past
misdone past participle

Morphology

misdo = do (transparent) = mis + do

The prefix 'mis-' clearly indicates doing something wrongly or improperly, directly modifying the verb 'do'.

Etymology

Misdo is made from the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and the verb do meaning 'to perform', just like in mistake or misunderstand. So to misdo something is to do it 'wrongly' or in an improper way.