English Explanatory Dictionary

mismake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To unmake; depose.
  2. To shape or form improperly; make badly or amiss; spoil in making.
  3. To disturb (oneself); put (oneself) out.

Word forms

mismake mismakes mismaking mismade

Etymology

From Middle English mismaken, equivalent to mis- + make. Cognate with Dutch mismaken (“to defeature, deform”), German missmachen (“to fail to make”).

Derived words

mismade mismaking
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