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verb · transitive

mislook

mislook · mislooks · mislooked · mislooking

To sin by lookingTo sin by looking.

/mɪsˈlʊk/

Meaning

4 senses

(intransitive)To sin by looking.
(transitive)To look unfavorably on.
(transitive)To miss in searching; mislay or lose temporarily; neglectively overlook.
(transitive)To look incorrectly or amiss.

Origin

From Middle English misloken, equivalent to mis- + look.

From Middle English misloken, equivalent to mis- + look.

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Forms

mislooks, mislooking, mislooked, mislooked

Base form	mislook · to mislook
3rd person singular	mislooks
Present participle	mislooking
Past simple	mislooked
Past participle	mislooked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	mislook
he, she, it	mislooks

Past simpleLesson

all persons

mislooked

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will mislook

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

mislabel mislay misleadB1 mismanage mismanagement mismatch

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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