Meaning

2 senses

  1. To occupy with something inappropriate; to focus or spend on something unworthy.

  2. To fill with something inappropriate; to provide the wrong contents for.

Origin

From mis- + occupy.

From mis- + occupy.

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Forms

misoccupies, misoccupying, misoccupied, misoccupied
Base formmisoccupy · to misoccupy
3rd person singularmisoccupies
Present participlemisoccupying
Past simplemisoccupied
Past participlemisoccupied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymisoccupy
he, she, itmisoccupies

Past simpleLesson

all personsmisoccupied

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill misoccupy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mismatchmisnomermisomisogynistmisogynisticmisogyny
misoccupy — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto