Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mismean
Participle: mismeant
Gerund: mismeaning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mismean |
| you | mismean |
| he;she;it | mismeans |
| we | mismean |
| you | mismean |
| they | mismean |
Perfect
| I | have mismeant |
| you | have mismeant |
| he;she;it | has mismeant |
| we | have mismeant |
| you | have mismeant |
| they | have mismeant |
Past
| I | mismeant |
| you | mismeant |
| he;she;it | mismeant |
| we | mismeant |
| you | mismeant |
| they | mismeant |
Pluperfect
| I | had mismeant |
| you | had mismeant |
| he;she;it | had mismeant |
| we | had mismeant |
| you | had mismeant |
| they | had mismeant |
Future
| I | will mismean |
| you | will mismean |
| he;she;it | will mismean |
| we | will mismean |
| you | will mismean |
| they | will mismean |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mismeant |
| you | will have mismeant |
| he;she;it | will have mismeant |
| we | will have mismeant |
| you | will have mismeant |
| they | will have mismeant |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mismean |
| you | mismean |
| he;she;it | mismean |
| we | mismean |
| you | mismean |
| they | mismean |
Perfect
| I | have mismeant |
| you | have mismeant |
| he;she;it | have mismeant |
| we | have mismeant |
| you | have mismeant |
| they | have mismeant |
Imperfect
| I | mismeant |
| you | mismeant |
| he;she;it | mismeant |
| we | mismeant |
| you | mismeant |
| they | mismeant |
Pluperfect
| I | had mismeant |
| you | had mismeant |
| he;she;it | had mismeant |
| we | had mismeant |
| you | had mismeant |
| they | had mismeant |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mismean |
| you | would mismean |
| he;she;it | would mismean |
| we | would mismean |
| you | would mismean |
| they | would mismean |
Perfect
| I | would have mismeant |
| you | would have mismeant |
| he;she;it | would have mismeant |
| we | would have mismeant |
| you | would have mismeant |
| they | would have mismeant |
Imperative
| you | mismean |
| we | Let's mismean |
| you | mismean |
Verbs conjugated like 'mismean'
deal,
mean,
misdeal,
bedeal,
double-deal,
mismean,
overdeal,
redeal,
self-deal,
underdeal,
unmean,
Verbs similar to 'mismean'
disman,
misbear,
misdeal,
misdemean,
mishear,
misken,
mislead,
mislearn,
mismap,
mispen,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From mis- + mean.
Sample Sentences
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If we ever misstate the facts it is, alas, because sometimes we mismean the proposition that we utter. [1914, Granville Stanley Hall, Carl Allanmore Murchison, The Journal of genetic psychology:]
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To mismean is not to mean; to mismean is to honor a meaning glimpsed but unmeant. [1978, Clayton Eshleman, What she means:]