misdo

[ mis-doo ]

/ mɪsˈdu /

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verb (used with object), mis·did, mis·done, mis·do·ing.

to do badly or wrongly; botch.

verb (used without object), mis·did, mis·done, mis·do·ing.

Obsolete. to behave improperly.

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Origin of misdo

before 950; Middle English misdon,Old English misdōn.See mis-¹, do¹

OTHER WORDS FROM misdo

mis·do·er, noun

Words nearby misdo

misdiagnose, misdiagnosis, misdial, misdirect, misdirection, misdo, misdoubt, mise, misease, miseducate, mise en place

How to use misdo in a sentence

He it is who bids the knight no more wrest gifts from his tenant nor misdo with the poor.
History of the English People, Volume II (of 8)|John Richard Green
Let all share the same lot, ran one of the statutes; if any misdo, let all bear it.
Cambridge and its Story|Charles William Stubbs
If a Gild-brother do wrong “let all bear it: if one misdo, let all bear alike.”
The Influence and Development of English Gilds|Francis Aiden Hibbert