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verb · intransitive

misfare

misfare · misfares · misfared · misfaring

To fare badly; to be unluckyTo fare badly; to be unlucky.

/mɪsˈfɛː/

Meaning

2 senses

(Scotland)To fare badly; to be unlucky.
(obsolete)To go astray; to transgress, to sin.

Origin

From Old English misfaran, corresponding to mis- + fare.

From Old English misfaran, corresponding to mis- + fare.

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Forms

misfares, misfaring, misfared, misfared

Base form	misfare · to misfare
3rd person singular	misfares
Present participle	misfaring
Past simple	misfared
Past participle	misfared

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	misfare
he, she, it	misfares

Past simpleLesson

all persons

misfared

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have misfared
he, she, it	has misfared

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will misfare

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

miserableB1 miserably miserly miseryB1 misfire misfit

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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