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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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OTHER WORDS FROM misdo
mis·do·er, nounWords nearby misdo
misdiagnose, misdiagnosis, misdial, misdirect, misdirection, misdo, misdoubt, mise, misease, miseducate, mise en place
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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 GreenLet all share the same lot, ran one of the statutes; if any misdo, let all bear it.
Cambridge and its Story|Charles William StubbsIf 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