Meaning

1 senses

  1. To devote mistakenly or unwisely.

    to misdevote one's energies to a thankless task

Origin

From mis- + devote.

From mis- + devote.

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Forms

misdevotes, misdevoting, misdevoted, misdevoted
Base formmisdevote · to misdevote
3rd person singularmisdevotes
Present participlemisdevoting
Past simplemisdevoted
Past participlemisdevoted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymisdevote
he, she, itmisdevotes

Past simpleLesson

all personsmisdevoted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave misdevoted
he, she, ithas misdevoted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill misdevote

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmisdevotion

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
miscreantmisdeedmisdemeanorC2misdiagnosemisdialmiser
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