Misdo


[mis-doo] /mɪsˈdu/

verb (used with object), misdid, misdone, misdoing.
1.
to do badly or wrongly; botch.
verb (used without object), misdid, misdone, misdoing.
2.
Obsolete. to behave improperly.
v.

Old English misdon, “to do evil or wrong, transgress, err,” common Germanic compound (cf. Old Frisian misdua, Middle Dutch misdoen, Old High German missituon, German misstun); see mis- (1) + do (v.). Meaning “to do (work, etc.) improperly” is from 1840. Related: Misdone; misdoing.

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